Discover the story of the song > Spanish Flea – Allan Sherman

The lyrics are about a Spanish flea who enjoys living in different dogs' fur. He has a summer home in a big dog called Jose or Manuel or Juan, and when it rains in July, he stays dry up high because the rain falls mainly in the plain. In the winter, he climbs up the Spanish Alps with a Saint Bernard and enjoys drinking more brandy. He also has a sweetheart flea who lives on a beagle near Madrid, and if she agrees, they will get married and live a good life together. But if she refuses him, he doesn't care and will move somewhere else. He might even fly to southern France to find love with a poodle. He asks a dog named Rover for directions to France.