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Thread #951   Message #2855
Posted By: Ralph Butts
05-Mar-97 - 02:29 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Salty Dog Blues
Subject: Lyr Add: SALTY DOG BLUES
A MUST on any bluegrasser's gig sheet, here's how it's done by Flatt and Scruggs.

........Tiger

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SALTY DOG BLUES: by Wiley and Zeke Morris

I was standin’ on the corner with the low-down blues,
A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes,
Honey, let me be your salty dog.

CHORUS
Let me be your salty dog,
Or I won’t be your man at all.
Honey, let me be your salty dog.

Now look-a here, Sal, I know you,
A-run-down stockin’s and a-worn-out shoes.
Honey, let me be your salty dog.

CHORUS

I was down in the wildwood, settin’ on a log,
Finger on the trigger and an eye on the hog.
Honey, let me be your salty dog.

CHORUS

I pulled the trigger and the gun said go,
Shot fell over in Mexico.
Honey, let me be your salty dog.

CHORUS

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