"The Day We Tried to Shampoo Rover" genre: General Children's Music
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	Two kids try to bathe the messiest dog around.
	CD: Unreleased Credits: Chris Hamilton: lyrics, vocals, guitar, mandolin; Jeremy Hughes: accordian, programming
	Story Behind the Song The tune here is certainly inspired by many Irish pub tunes. Where the lyrics came from, I'm not sure. I was just thinking about how tricky it can be a dog, and the images of the chorus came into my head. Lyrics The Day We Tried to Shampoo Rover (copyright 2003) Chris Hamilton Rover was a big dog Hairy as can be He'd always get in the muck He loved to get dirty He only hated one thing as much as he loved dirt Getting Rover in the bathtub Was an awful lot of work Chorus: There was mud on the walls On the floor and down the hall There were suds & water splashed all over There was soap in my eye I thought I was going to cry The day we tried to shampoo Rover Now Rover made a big fuss Oh my, he did protest He didn't ever want to be clean He wanted to stay messed We tried & tried to push him We tried & tried to pull Then he finally jumped right in when the tub was totally full! Chorus Now my sister had to hold him While I scrubbed behind his ears Rover was so dirty like he hadn't bathed in years He growled and he yelped and then he splashed around By the time we got him clean The water was all brown Chorus We finally were finished We couldn't believe it was over We had a soggy shiny dog Instead of filthy Rover Sister & I were exhausted it felt like it'd taken hours Rover decided he had to shake And gave us both a shower! Chorus

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