Izzie Ballou the pug,
is the cutest little girl,
like a dewdrop ladybug,
she’s my tiny pearl.

If I go outside, or off to shop
she takes my shoe,
and runs to flop,
and not to chew.

I open the door,
and what am I to do?
Only one on the floor,
Izzie Ballou, where’s my other shoe?