" Tweet-tweet-tweet! " sang the canary,
Which meant that he was very merry
Because his little mistress Nell
On Christmas eve had fed him well.

" Bow-wow-wow! " sang the gay young pup,
" My master's gone away to sup,
But though he won't be here for tea,
Just see the meal he left for me! "

" Mew-mew-mew! " sang the mama cat,
" Such milk as this will make me fat,
And I am feeling very gay
This cold and frosty Christmas Day. "