I wish someone would tell me what It is that I've done wrong.
Why do I have to stay chained up and be left alone so long?
They seemed so glad to have me when I came here as a pup.
There were so many things we'd do while I was growing up.
The master said he'd train me as a companion and friend.
The mistress said she'd never fear to be left alone again.
The children said they'd feed and brush me every day.
They'd play with me and walk me if I would only stay.
But now the master "hasn't time." The mistress says I shed.
She doesn't want me in the house, not even to be fed.
The children never walk with me, they always say, " Not now."
I wish that I could please them. Won't someone tell me how?
All I had, you see, was love. I wish they would explain.
Why they said they wanted mine, and left it alone on a chain?