There was a man (there was a man)
Now please take not (now please take note)
There was a man, (echo)
Who had a goat, (echo)
Indeed he did, (echo)
He loved that goat, (echo)
Just like a kid, (echo)
One day that goat (echo each phrase)
Felt frisk and fine...
Ate three red shirts...
Right off the line...
The man, he grabbed...
Him by the back...
And tied him to...
A railroad track...
Now, when that train...
Hove into sight...
That goat grew pale...
And green with fright...
He heaved a sigh...
As if in pain...
Coughed up those shirts...
And flagged the train...