Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: GUEST,doug
Date: 13 Nov 20 - 07:08 PM

I took jake out to hunt raccoon , he headed straight for the town saloon
The sherif sat there in trembling fear while he chewed his badge & drank his beer
chorus
under the window where ma’s pies sat he spotted the tracks of a mountain cat
all those guys come out from town to hear that cat & that crazy hound
way up high in the tree it sat, my momma’s calico cat.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: kendall
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 07:34 AM

This is fun to play on the banjo, clawhammer style.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: GUEST,don
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:51 PM

Had an old dog and his name was Jake
found him down by the old cane break
figured he'd make a pretty good hound
'soon ss he learned his way around
I don't know but I been told
a good dog's worth his weight in gold
come on down for about a week
commin' on down to cripple creek
goin' to cripple creek
goin' on the run
goin' to cripple creek
and have a little fun (2x)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Jan 11 - 08:09 AM

As Pogo is alleged to have said:

How much ground round
Could a hound-dog hog
If a groundhog was ground round?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: Mike in Brunswick
Date: 14 Jan 11 - 10:54 PM

It was also recorded under the title Hound Dog by Jackie Washington (the Cambridge/Boston one, not the Canadian one)back in the mid 1960s.

Mike

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Jan 11 - 05:13 PM

....and a very nice but moderately weird Skillet Lickers recording and video at YouTube

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: kendall
Date: 14 Jan 11 - 04:49 PM

..he shore messed up the court house square with rags and meat and hide and hair.
That's poetry!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: Charley Noble
Date: 04 Jul 10 - 09:15 PM

"the New Lost City Ramblers" is also where I learned it. Haven't sung it for years but it would make a nice intro to "Dead Dog Cider."

I don't hear a melody connection with "Maria's Wedding."
Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: NormanD
Date: 04 Jul 10 - 04:59 PM

There's a version - or variation - sung by Buffy Saint Marie on her "I Want To Be A Country Girl Again" album. Just her and her mouth bow.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: Amos
Date: 04 Jul 10 - 04:40 PM

I believe the New Lost City Ramblers recorded this as well.


A

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quit Kicking My Dog Around
From: GUEST,abbys_labs
Date: 04 Jul 10 - 04:01 PM

I remember this song from the New Christy Minstrels "Cowboys and Indians" recording from way back. Here is what I remember of it, my cassette tapes have all worn out I have played them so often.

Had an old dog, and his name was Jake,
I found him out in the old cane break.
figured he make a real good hound
as soon as he learned his way around.

refrain...Every time I go to town
          the boys keep kickin my dog around
          makes no difference if he is hound
          ya gotta quit kickin my dog around

I am going to do some more research and see if I can get these tapes to play - one more time. Hope this helps yall.

Subject: RE: Lyrics to Don't Go Kicking My Dog Around
From: Craig
Date: 25 May 98 - 07:32 PM

The only new thing that I can add here is the way I learned was with a yodel at the end.

Subject: RE: Lyrics to Don't Go Kicking My Dog Around
From: JB3
Date: 10 May 98 - 05:10 AM

I know a slightly different version than the one in the data-base or the ones in the previous thread.

Everytime I go to town, the boys all kick my dog around
I don't care if he's a hound, ought not to kick my dog around
Hound, hound, round, round, don't ya be kickin' my dog around (2x)

Mollie, Mollie, Mollie, put that knife away
If you cut my head off, I'm leavin' you today

(cho)

Mollie, Mollie, Mollie, put that knife in the drawer
If you cut my heart out I won't love you anymore

Subject: RE: Lyrics to Don't Go Kicking My Dog Around
From: BFP
Date: 06 May 98 - 02:21 PM

Everytime I go to town, somebody kicks my dog around. I don't care if he is a hound, They oughtn't kick my dog around.

Subject: RE: Lyrics to Don't Go Kicking My Dog Around
From: Bill in Alabama
Date: 05 May 98 - 06:34 AM

Many years ago, a couple of Irish folkies who bunked at our house told me that the tune to The Hound Dog Song was the same as the traditional "Mari's Wedding*. My grandfather claimed to have known the protagonists in this occasional piece; but, like most of the old-timers where I grew up, he generally avoided telling the absolute truth. He loved a "stretcher."

Subject: RE: Lyrics to Don't Go Kicking My Dog Around
From: Barry Finn
Date: 05 May 98 - 01:47 AM

It's in the DT as the Hound Dog Song, there was also a thread on it awhile ago, check the forum search for more background on it. Barry

Subject: Lyrics to Don't Go Kicking My Dog Around
From:
Date: 05 May 98 - 12:59 AM

Looking for lyrics the song, "Don't Kicking My Dog Around". It's a real old timey, bluegrassy song. I appreciate the help.