Songs About Dogs

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: saulgoldie
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 01:36 PM

Of course I have the chords, too. Sounds real gut ona noutoharp.

Subject: Lyr Add: DOG (Tom Dundee, via Bryan Bowers)
From: saulgoldie
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 01:28 PM

Here is the song that open mike is refering to. Every time I have played it, everyone goes, "Aaaaawwwww." I am frankly surprised that it hasn't received more circulation. BTW, I obviously have it transcribed, and I would LOVE to have it included in the DT database. (I'll be in my office...)


DOG
Written by Tom Dundee
As recorded by Bryan Bowers on "By Heart"

The whole thing started 'cause it looked like fun
When other people had a dog; "I'm gonna get me one,"
I said, "Have a little friend around the place."
So I went to the pet store down the street
And lyin' in the middle of a canine heap
Was a sleepy little puppy with a quiet sort of a face.

The next few weeks were certainly strange
Between the barkin' and the thinkin' up of names
Old Blue he wasn't and Spot didn't really apply
So I settled for Harry, just because
That's how he is and that's how he was
And that's how the house gets more and more as days go by.

For a time I was careful where I sat
The rug got funky and he chewed up my hat
And it still happens once in a while when he gets mad
But it's been pretty even after all
I taught him what I know about playin' ball
And he's helped me get rid of a lot of stuff I used to have.

Sometimes friends drop by for a couple of beers
And we all sit around, take turns rubbin' his ears
And callin' him; it's been that way ever since he was a pup.
He sleeps on the bed and when I turn over,
He turns over, then I turn over,
Then he turns over, then I turn over, and we get up.

As my life keeps movin' through the different conditions
The big changes come with the slightest decisions
You're in for a surprise when you think you got it figured, I've found.
'Cause who ever thought I'd ever dote on a pet,
But lookin' back now, I always forget
How I filled up the time before my dog was around.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: ranger1
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 11:58 AM

What about our very own KT's song "It's a Dog's Life"?

Subject: Lyr Add: DIDO, FIDO (Kipper Family)
From: Scrump
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 08:27 AM

What about the one featuring all those dogs ?? Dido,Bendigo etc. ??

Or the Kipper Family's "Dido, Fido":

Well one morning last autumn I was walking my dogs
When the Duke of Wellington we did meet.
Well Bonzo and Rover, they slobbered him all over,
While Dido nearly knocked him off his feet.
Well there was....

CHORUS: Dido, Fido, Bonzo and Rex
Rover and Lassie and Spot
There was Butch, there was Candy
There was Patch and there was Sandy
These were the dogs what I had got.

Well don't worry sir I said, he won't hurt you
That's just his way of saying he like you a lot.
But he took my little dog, and he kicked him in the bog
And said that's my way of saying I do not.
There was....

Now the next dog being old, he was a trifle deaf
He couldn't hear a single word I said.
And so when I told him sit, he made an awful mess.
When I cleaned it up I shot the bugger dead.
That still left....

Now the next dog being daft, and not all the ticket
He made straight away for the river.
And there he did jump in, but the bugger couldn't swim
That's the last we saw of him forever.
There was....

They chased a rabbit o'er the plain, but that chased 'em back again
Which put my poor old dogs in quite a stew.
Now it's just 12 months today since I heard the squire say
"I should have them all put down, if I was you."
There was....

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Hawker
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 08:22 AM

And I'm almost sure at a festival I once heard a sone called 'You can't bring that bllody dog in here?????
Perhaps I'd have 1 too many hairs of the dog!
Cheers, Lucy
Fox & Hounds weekend used to have an exemtion dog show - at which, of course, dogs were exempt!

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: GUEST,Sharon G
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 08:14 AM

There's a very funny song by Con Ó Drisceoil about a poor dog coming to terms with the change in his life after being neutered... [Bob the Dog]

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: melodeonboy
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 07:36 AM

Thanks, Azizi. Yes, it's one of my favourites as well.

(Pssst! If you like zydeco, have a look at my band's website):
www.jumbogumbo.co.uk

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Azizi
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 08:50 PM

Oh! Is there's another Zydeco fan in the house?!

"Watch That Dog" is one of my favorite Zydeco tunes!

Btw, if you can get YouTube, I've posted the link to another Boozoo Chavis video on this thread.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: melodeonboy
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 08:40 PM

Move Over, Rover, and let me in
Looks like I'm gonna be in your doghouse again
Move over, Rover, and let me in
You're my best friend

(Wynonie Harris)


Watch that dog (John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys)

Dog Hill (Boozoo Chavis)

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: MartinRyan
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:59 PM

Champion he was a dandy!

Regards

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: MartinRyan
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:56 PM

GUEST of 1.47 P.M.

That's one of my all time favourites! It's around here somewhere... It's the sense of "My Melancholy Rabies" that appeals to me, I think.

Regards

p.s. The "other" Fields of Athenry , in the shortened version I use, is another good doggy song.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: bubblyrat
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:53 PM

What about the one featuring all those dogs ?? Dido, Bendigo etc. ??

Subject: Lyr Add: BESS (Steve Thomason)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:41 PM

"Bess" by Steve Thomason:


Chorus - A better friend no man could have
No truer heart, no keener eye,
A better friend no man could have,
As the sun sets in the western sky.

I've had her since I was a boy
Since first I came onto the farm,
Her company has brought me joy,
Her courage kept me safe from harm

She's been with me on all my walks,
By rushing stream and bracken glen,
And listened close to all my talks,
And never disagreed with them.

And as we walked by moorland stream,
We watched the wild hare running by,
Relived those walks in all our dreams,
As skylarks sang in summer skies.

But now she lies close by the hearth,
No hares to chase, no skylarks fly,
She takes that one last lonely path,
As the sunlight fades from western skies.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: GUEST,Billy
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 04:48 PM

Eric Bogle's "Little Gomez".

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 04:40 PM

Mine was quite serious...   www.myspace.com/shotdogs    we have a song on that site written by John Eyre. It's called 'Blood' good song... honest!

sal

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: kendall
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 04:22 PM

This one didn't take long to get silly

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: pdq
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 04:06 PM

How 'bout "I'm On My Way To Canine Land"?

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Charley Noble
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 03:41 PM

And there's "Swing Your Tail" which appears to be a variant of "Bulldog Don't Bite Me," both being from the West Indies.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Bee
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 03:40 PM

God Dog, by the Incredible String Band - I adore that song!

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Charley Noble
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 02:52 PM

I've reviewed what folks have posted above and it's fairly complete but you've sadly neglected the nautical dog songs:

"The Irish Rover" (and the poor dog was drowned...)

"The Dogger Bank" (Nothing to do with dogs)

"Sea Dog" (nothing to do with dogs)

"Bull Dog Don't Bite Me" (Barrouallie Whalers)

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 02:47 PM

www.myspace.com/shotdogs

Sal

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: bubblyrat
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 01:41 PM

Walking the Dog ... 1960s Rolling Stones

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 01:40 PM

Twenty Pound Dog.....I can only remember the chorus

"Champion, he was a dandy,
til Murphy, the dirty old sod
Came along with a black and tan terrier
and murdered me 20 pound dog"

(It's amazing what lurks in the dark recesses of memory....)

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 01:32 PM

Bogs of Shanaheever

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 01:31 PM

Most of Les Barker's songbooks have dogs in the title, and a few of the songs too:
Dachshunds with Erections Can't Climb Stairs
Spot of the Antarctic

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: GUEST,bobbijo
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 11:59 AM

What about the Ken L Ration jingle from the 60s? Or the Monkees classic, Gonna Buy Me a Dog?

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 11:58 AM

Will ye go lassie go?????

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Scrump
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 11:56 AM

There are plenty of hunting songs mentioning hounds - but maybe these would be frowned upon by the animal rights lobby.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: pdq
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 11:17 AM

How 'bout the Huckleberry Hound theme song?

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 10:09 AM

"Longdog"- Show of Hands.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 09:54 AM

And then there's "gallant Rover", from "Carrickfergus"

I, too, will get my plaid.








Damn it! It's lining the dog's basket.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: GUEST,Bruce Michael Baillie
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:54 AM

Bernard Wrigley's 'Dixie's Dog'.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Scrump
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:37 AM

How about these:

Wild Rover (aka Mad Dog)

Gypsy Rover (aka Stray Dog)

I'm A Rover (aka Talking Dog)

Rambling Rover (aka Escaped Dog)

:D

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: kendall
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:32 AM

Queen of the Rails ... Utah Phillips

Old Rover ... sung by Hank Snow

Old Gilbert ... Slim Dusty

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Bee
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:25 AM

Echo Mountain, bluegrass song performed by James King. It's a retelling of the very old 'faithful hound wrongfully accused of killing the baby, is killed, then baby is found safe near dead wolf' story. Makes my husband tear up, the sook! ;-)

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Scrump
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:15 AM

The Belle of Barking Creek?

... I'll get me coat.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Scrump
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:15 AM

I Have a Dog, His Name Is Rover
And when he s!*ts he s!*ts all over.......

That's one of Ivor Biggun's (Doc Cox).

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Hawker
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 04:34 AM

When my other half was younger and used to race motorbikes (they always won!) the evening before the race we would all go to the pub and would end up singing. There was one chap who also used to race who sang a song the words for which escape me excepting the fist 2 lines:

I Have a Dog, His Name Is Rover
And when he s!*ts he s!*ts all over.......

Dead dog cyder is another one

How about Burn's classic :Lassie with the lint white locks!

I'll get me coat!
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Gene
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 11:43 PM

didnt see any mention of this oldie classic

Dad Gave My Dog Away

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: eastky
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 11:30 PM

Dont forget the Grandpa Jones classic "Old Rattler"

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Azizi
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 11:10 PM

Here's a link for Chicken In The Bread Tray {Auntie Will Your DOg Bite}

http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/master/chickeninthebread.html

I found a fragment of that song in Dorothy Scarborough's 1925 book "On The Trail Of Negro Folk Songs" . Scaborough introduces this fragment by writing "Of course every Southerner knows:
Chickens in de bread tray
Scratchin' out de dough.
Grannie,will your dog bite?"
No, Chile, no!
Grannie,will your dog bite?"
No, Chile, no!"

-snip-

I found a more complete version of this song in Thomas W. Talley's 1922 book "Negro Folk Songs" :

"Auntie, will your dog bite"-
"No, Chile, No!"
Chicken in de bread tray'
A makin'up dough.

"Auntie will your broom hit?"-
"Yes, Child" pop!
Chicken in de bread tray;
"Flop! Flop! Flop!"

"Auntie, will yo' oven bake?"-
"Yes, Jes fry!"-
"What's dat chicken good frer?"-
"Pie! Pie! Pie!"

"Auntie, is yo' pie good?"
"Good as you could 'spec'".
Chicken in de bread tray;
"Peck! Peck! Peck!"

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 11:03 PM

Here's the best I can do to recall the Pedigree ad that's made me cry every single time I've seen it. It was just on, again, and it ought to be a song. It's a short one, about 15 seconds, but it doesn't seem to go by fast.


All the camera shots are beautifully-shot closeups of expressive dogs' faces, one at a time, as they look up from their pens at a shelter with those intelligent, hopeful, wise eyes. Mutts, with that dignity so many of them have.

During the series of shots, the voiceover [a man speaking the dogs' thoughts]:

I know how to sit...., lie down...., and roll over.... .
I don't know what I'm doing here....
But I know that I am a Good Dog...,
And I just want to go home.

And then the Pedigree logo comes up and there's a brief reminder that with every purchase, they make a donation to support dog shelters.

That really ought to be a song.

~Susan

Subject: Lyr Add: THE LITTLEST HOBO
From: number 6
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:53 PM

The Littlest Hobo (from the TV Canadian Series)

I find adventure everywhere,
And friends with whom I'd like to share.

This is my stop along the way.
Don't really know how long I'll stay.

Stop over. The world is my friend.
Stop over along the road without end.

Traveling around from town to town.
Sometimes I think I'll settle down.

But I know I'd hunger to be free.
Rovin' is the only life for me.

A-driftin'. The world is my friend.
I'm travelin' along the road without end.

biLL

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Genie
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:48 PM

I remember where I heard that line. It was in Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," and it's kind of a song within a song (Fire On The Mountain?).

Here's a partial list of canine-related songs in the DT:
0.9201 - MY DOG'S BIGGER THAN YOUR DOG
0.8907 - HOW MUCH IS THAT HOUND DOG IN THE WINDOW
0.8792 - PRINCE HEATHEN
0.8792 - THE CANINE ENURETIC
0.8788 - I'M LOOKING OVER MY DEAD DOG ROVER
0.8658 - DELLA AND THE DEALER
0.8658 - BOB, THE PEDIGREE SHEEPDOG
0.8656 - DEAD DOG SCRUMPY
0.8655 - OLD DOG TRAY
0.8511 - THREES REV. 1.1 (DOG AND PONY)
0.8511 - RANTING DOG
0.8511 - THE DOG IN THE CLOSET
0.8511 - DOG AND GUN
0.8511 - DIRTY OLD EGG-SUCKING DOG
0.8169 - ME AND LITTLE ANDY
0.8169 - DIDO, FIDO
0.8169 - BINGO
0.8164 - SALTY DOG BLUES
0.7967 - MR BOJANGLES
0.7967 - HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?
0.7967 - DOGS MEETING
0.7961 - WI' MY DOG AND GUN
0.7961 - LITTLE BROWN DOG
0.7742 - SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE
0.7742 - JOCK, SPEAK, AND SANDY
0.7742 - HOWLIN' AT THE MOON
0.9018 - HOUND DOG
0.7742 - HOUND DOG SONG
0.7742 - BAD LEROY BROWN
0.7742 - AUTUMN TO MAY
WHEN A DOG SMILES

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:33 PM

I'm watching the show too. GOD I love dogs!

I also really love the Pedigree dogfood commercials this year-- some GREAT understanding of dogs, there. What a great ad campaign.

~S~

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Genie
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:32 PM

What's the bluegrass song that has the line, "Granny, does your dog bite? No, child, no."? [SOLDIER'S JOY]

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Genie
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:30 PM

Songs about Dogs

The Dogs They Really Miss You

Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Dogs at Midnight

From a Dogstance

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Old Blind Dogs

The Dogs' Meeting (About why dogs sniff each other's butts)

Then there's the parody of Wild Mountain Thyme, about a collie:

"Go, Lassie, Go" - It's in the DT.

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: Mudlark
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:28 PM

Hound Dog (Bay at the Moon)

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: bobad
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:28 PM

Then there's the song with the lyric:

"How come my dog don't bark every time he come to our door?" [MY DOG]

Subject: RE: Songs About Dogs
From: moongoddess
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:25 PM

Does Salty Dog count?