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Thread #43967   Message #646246
Posted By: masato sakurai
09-Feb-02 - 07:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dog House Blues (from Bill Monroe)
Subject: Lyr Add: DOG HOUSE BLUES
I thought it's in the DT, and the title was enough.

DOG HOUSE BLUES

I went downtown throught I had a dime
Got home this morning didn't have a dime
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talking I got the dog house blues

Come home this morning about half past eight
She said honey you're out too late
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talking I got the dog house blues

I went in the house to start the fire
She kicked me out in the middle of the night
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talking I got the dog house blues

I feel in the yard mad as I can be
Said to my dog make room for me
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talking I got the dog house blues

(From HERE)

Musically it's a variant of "Brown's Ferry Blues" with howling sound in the background. There're audio clips by Bill Monroe and Nashville Bluegrass Band. NBGB sang this number in the video High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Shanachie, 1994).