Stay, Go & Fetch

I'd always wanted a dog
So one day I took in a stray
He didn't want to leave me
And so I called him Stay

I knew it was a big mistake
The first time I told Stay to go
"Go, Stay" and I pointed
Did Stay go?....Oh No!

"Go Stay" I said; and he started
He was going and then he was not
He looked at me, sad and confused
And his two big eyes said "What?"

As I threw him a stick I said "Fetch, Stay"
He started and stopped all in one
I never got round to "Come here, Stay"
Stay couldn't come; he'd not gone

He wanted to please, but he couldn't
I spoke, but he just didn't know
So I got him a Spaniel for company
I shouldn't have called it Go!

I said "Stay, Go" and Go stayed a second
Then both Stay and Go were away
I had to shout "Come here, Stay and Go"
And they were coming and going all day!!

"Stay, go and stay" then "Go, stay and go"
But nothing just seemed to get through;
It's not that both were telling me "NO"
But wondering, does he mean you?

It's all very well whilst we're in the park
But what if we're stood at the kerb?
Two lost souls wandering in the dark
They don't know which is the verb!

I've finally got them a friend now
I found him - a poor starving wretch
I know that we'll all be happy 
Just Go, Stay, me and Fetch!!