You're Barking up the Wrong Tree

Well, I went to my baby

I all bended knee

I said, "Baby, baby, baby

Will you marry me?"

She said, "Sorry Daddy, but what can I say?

I found a new love just the other day"

"And you're barking up the wrong tree

Well, you're barking up the wrong tree

Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree"

That's what she said to me

Well, I pleaded and I begged

Nearly out of my mind

I said, "Baby, baby, baby

Girls are hard to find"

She said, "Sorry Daddy, but try to understand

I'm going with the cutest guy in the land"

"And you're barking up the wrong tree

Well, you're barking up the wrong tree

Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree"

That's what she said to me

Now, my heart was broken

And I felt so blue

I said, "Baby, baby, baby

Does it make me through?"

She said, "Sorry Daddy, but can't you take a hint?

My guy's got money, more than a mint"

"And you're barking up the wrong tree

Well, you're barking up the wrong tree

Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree"

That's what she said to me

Now, a friend told me

The other day

That my baby, baby, baby

Had gone away

She took all his money

And she left him flat

And let me tell you, people

I'm so glad that

I was barking up the wrong tree

Well, you're barking up the wrong tree

Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree"

That's what she said to me

(Ar-ar-ar)