CHARLIE & (ITCHY): Oh you can't keep a good dog down (No sir) No you can't keep a good dog down I've seen pain and hurt (That's right) I've eaten dirt (That's true) It's hard to buy but even I Have been jilted by a skirt (He lies) Look out, I'm still around 'Cause you can't keep a good dog down
ITCHY & (CHARLIE): Ya can't keep a good dog down (No you can't) No no no no, you can't keep a good dog down
CHARLIE: I've been bought and sold
ITCHY: He's been warm and cold
CHARLIE: But ten to one I'll still be running Rackets when I'm old
ITCHY: Not in some cage in the city pound
BOTH: 'Cause you can't keep a good dog Can't keep a good I say you can't keep a good dog down
ITCHY: In him's the luck of the Irish
CHARLIE: The pride of the German
ITCHY: And even a bit of Siam
CHARLIE: Siam? You see the come of the English
ITCHY: The charm of the Spanish
CHARLIE & (ITCHY): A pedigree a certainly ain't what I am So call me a mixed up pup (You're a mixed up pup) But the only way this pup knows is up!
ALL: Ya can't keep a good dog down Ya can't keep a good dog down
ITCHY: He's been fat and thin
CHARLIE: I've been out and in
ITCHY: He tried a life of virtue
CHARLIE: But prefer a life of sin
BOTH: So tonight when we own this town I've known hunger, I've known thirst Lived the best and seen the worst But the only way I know To finish best to finish first
BOTH: So watch out when you hear this sound 'Cause you can't keep a good dog, no ya Can't keep a good, I say You can't keep a good dog down