When I was a kid I had a little record   I played it over and over each and every day   Sung by a man named Louie Armstrong   Saint's marched right in from my   Close and Play      When I was a kid I had a little picture   I looked at that picture all the time   Painted by a man   Mama said his name was Vinnie   A farmer sewing seeds on a really    nice day      Mom and daddies   get a good idea what your   babies like   help 'em be happy like that guy   named Mike   Yeah the groovy old man that fixes   my bike   Down there n 'Dumaine Street   New Orleans Louisiana      When I was a kid I had a little   wiener dog   I loved that little wiener dog and    she loved me   Spent warm spring days feeding    that wiener dog   Ripe sweet cherries from our   cherry tree.      An' I ever get older, an' if I ever die   If I get to a gate at the end of the sky   And a beautiful creature says   Now Bonnie what do you want?   I might say a record and a picture   and a wiener dog swear to God      Mom and daddies get a good idea   what your babies want   To help 'em be happy like that ol'   Gal named Betty   Yeah the groovy old chick teaches   Tai-Chi on the levee   Rain or shine she's out there   she's dedicated   She wrinkled but she lovely   she flexible   and don't you wish we all   were flexible enough to   to dance now?      Dance little children now   The whole round world is your    neighborhood.   Dance little children now   nekked as a Jaybird   Dance little children now   The whole round world is your   neighborhood.   Dance little children now   nekkid as a Jaybird      They're just trinkets,   little stepping stones to let you   know you was here.