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Thread #3787   Message #2717264
Posted By: GUEST
05-Sep-09 - 11:51 PM
Thread Name: Origin: They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around
Subject: RE: Origin: They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Aroun'
I grew up hearing this song all the time. We are the Aurora Houn Dawgs and this is our fight song. My high school band director told us some of the history twenty-some years ago and since then I've been even more protective of our Dawg, but I had no idea there were so many verses. I thought it was just a little ditty the Infantry fellas came up with when they found their dog! I saw a couple of references to Springfield and Branson, so some of you have been within 30 or 40 miles of us, but even if you'd heard someone mention the AHS Houn Dawgs, you wouldn't have any reason to make the connection without being at one of our games where the fight song was played. I've downloaded the Byron G Harlan recording and plan to take it to school with me Tuesday morning to play for some of our students. Thanks for all the info!