Early you see, quarter past three,
Saturday cartoons not yet on the TV
Won’t go back to bed, surf the channels instead
But this early its just news, info ads, talking heads.
Station to station, (c’mon) where’s the animation?
Stumble across Boomerang then there’s elation
So glad as I turn ta, a channel owned by Turner
Cartoon network sister with the retro-feeling twist-er
Yogi, Flintstones, Jetsons and Droopy
Magilla Gorilla and Hong Kong Phooey
Top Cat, Secret Squirrel, Adam Ant, Pixie, Dixie
Captain Caveman, Dastardly and Muttley
They once did abound. And now they astound
But the best one is Huckleberry Hound

Huckle Hound! [3x]
Snagglepuss and Quickdraw, are just clowns.
Huck! [17x]

So let’s get a Hanna-Barbara roll call
For the funny blue dog with the slow southern drawl
He’s a wisecrackin’ guy, laugh so hard you’ll cry
Perpetual amateur as his name would imply
He would get a new job every episode
As Pixie & Dixie help lighten the load.
Dinky Dalton and Powerful Pierre
He’d beat ‘em using luck and stuff like that there
And when he sings here hurts your ear not lying
Tone deaf “Oh My Darling, Clementine.”
He’ll be a sheriff or a farmer, a freeway patrolman
Astronaut, pilgrim, dragon-slayer and postman
Dogcatcher for the pound, ski champ, legion bound
They’re all jobs done by Huckleberry Hound

Huckle Hound! [3x]
Yogi Bear and Booboo are just clowns
Huck [17x]

He’s the cream of the crop, he rises to the top
Though he acts like a rube he is never gonna stop
Getting new work, overcoming the jerks
He’ll gain clearance, through luck or perseverance
Relaxed and laid back, his persona is subtler
Dubbed by the voice actor Daws Butler
As his status grows it shrinks Hokey Wolf’s & Mr. Jinks
Getting their lumps in from a blue canine bumpkin

Cartoons were more nifty, back in the fifties
First ever Emmy for an animated series
You’ll know when he’s around he makes a funny sound
We’re on our merry way with Huckleberry Hound

Huckle Hound! [3xx]
The other Barbarians are just clowns
Huck [17x]