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17 Aug 00 - 01:29 AM (#279390) Subject: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: GUEST,U§§ ferryboat (~¿~) I'm looking for the lyrics for this song. I think it's a parody, but I'm not certain. some of the lines go "Don't pet the dog don't pet him whatever you do just leave him alone or the next thing you know he'll be asking your ankle to dance" |
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17 Aug 00 - 09:46 AM (#279547) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: Gary T I'm pretty sure this is the one by Pinkard & Bowden (sp?), who have a string of comic songs that get occasional airplay on country stations. This one may not be a parody of another song (their "Blue Hairs Driving in My Lane" was a great parody of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"). You might find it on Cowpie, which has Country/Western lyrics. There should be a link to it somewhere here on the Mudcat, but I don't know precisely where off the top of my head. If I remember right, the chorus starts out "Don't pet the dog, it makes him think of romance..." (maybe then followed by "Just leave him alone" etc. as you wrote above). |
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17 Aug 00 - 10:47 AM (#279584) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: Jeri I know the lyrics are in a thread somewhere, but I've looked high and low and can't find them. The information I have is that the song was written by John Robert Hadley. |
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17 Aug 00 - 11:31 AM (#279603) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: MAG (inactive) No, This song was written by a Florida folk-style songwriter who died prematurelyin the late 80's or early 90's -- his name is on the tip of my tongue -- I remember his widow was named Mary -- dang.
Don't pet the dog
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17 Aug 00 - 12:02 PM (#279630) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: Jeri I was wondering where I got the name of the writer. I found out that sometime-Mudcatter Rick Lee recorded the song on There's Talk About A Fence, and the song is attributed to Hadley. |
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17 Aug 00 - 12:13 PM (#279636) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: Charlie Baum Rick Lee's liner notes on There's Talk About A Fence. 14. "Don't Pet the Dog," 1:58, © John Robert Hadley, Sony/ATV Songs LLC (Tree), BMI I first heard Pinkard and Bowden do this about 15 years ago. Still one of my favorite silly songs. --Charlie Baum |
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17 Aug 00 - 12:59 PM (#279661) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: GUEST,U§§ ferryboat (~¿~) I tried Cowpie, and still havn't found the lyrics. Thanks you for the help so far though. |
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17 Aug 00 - 01:20 PM (#279676) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: Bill D well, I know someone who sings it..(at LEAST twice a year...*grin*)..I'll see if I can get the rest soon |
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17 Aug 00 - 01:55 PM (#279696) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: Marymac90 Dear MAG, I can't help with the author of this song, but is the late songwriter you're thinking of Gamble Rogers? What a loss. He told the best story about port-a-johns ever!!! Marymac |
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17 Aug 00 - 02:29 PM (#279713) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: MAG (inactive) No it wasn't Gamble; Gamble, a non-swimmer, died trying to save a drowning person. What a loss is an understatement. He had back trouble, which accounted for the way he would swing around on stage. I just loved the way he would sling his guitar from front to back when he went into story mode. I would like to pinch that, but it would mean risking my guitar with a strap, and I have had bad luck with that. I'll go out and see if Friends of Florida Folk has a website. Bet they do. |
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17 Aug 00 - 03:13 PM (#279733) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: Midchuck Speaking of Pinkard and Bowden, does anyone by chance have the words to their parody of "Wolverton Mountain?" I've been looking for it for years. I just remember the first verse and the first line of the first chorus...
They say "Don't go to Three Mile Island
The bears and the birds are bigger than houses.... Peter. |
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17 Aug 00 - 05:05 PM (#279785) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: MAG (inactive) According to Jean Hewitt of F.O.F.F., it was Jim Ballew. |
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17 Aug 00 - 05:30 PM (#279796) Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T PET THE DOG ^^ From: Joe Offer OK, here's a transcription from Rick Lee's There's Talk About a Fence -Joe Offer- DON'T PET THE DOG (©John Robert Hadley, Sony/ATV Songs) Your girl asks you home to meet Mama and Daddy, She says that she thinks that you're nice. There's trouble ahead, you're gonna wish you were dead, If you don't take some friendly advice: Don't pet the dog Don't pet him, whatever you do He ain't been fixed, and he knows some tricks That'll sure make a fool out of you. So, don't pet the dog He gets it confused with romance Just leave him alone, or the next thing you know, He'll be asking your ankle to dance. [pause for inspirational instrumental bridge] You say it's OK, you try and push him away. What's his name? Does he sit up and beg? You try acting cool, but you look like a fool With a dog making love to your leg. So, don't pet the dog He'll boo-boo all over your shoe He ain't been fixed, and he knows some tricks That'll sure make a fool out of you. No, don't pet the dog He gets it confused with romance Just leave him alone, or the next thing you know, He'll be asking your ankle to dance. Don't pet the dog. Lee says he first heard this song from Pinkard and Bowden. JRO ^^ In another thread, Jeri posted a link to this wav file (click) from the Goose Creek Boys. More information here (click). I wonder if the other Florida folksinger people are thinking of is Will McLean. Don't know if he sang this song. |
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17 Aug 00 - 07:40 PM (#279854) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: MAG (inactive) It's still by Jim Ballew ... |
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18 Aug 00 - 02:34 AM (#280087) Subject: Lyr Add: THREE-MILE ISLAND ^^ From: GUEST,Gene THREE-MILE ISLAND Recorded by Pinkard and Bowden Based on Wolverton Mountain Writer: Merle Kilgore
They say don't go to Three-Mile Island
The bears and the birds are bigger than houses
If you go up to Three-Mile Island
The bears and the birds are bigger than houses
I'm goin' up to Three-Mile Island
And I don't care about radiation
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18 Aug 00 - 02:43 AM (#280090) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: GUEST,Gene TRACK lists for--
Pinkard and Bowden-Gettin' Stupid
Music Industry |
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18 Aug 00 - 12:07 PM (#280253) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Don't Pet the Dog' From: MAG (inactive) No, I wasn't thinking of Will McLean either. All Florida Folkies are well-acquainted with Will' memory. He truly was the Father of Florida Folk, and died (may I say, I think truth is important) from the complications of substance abuse. He was much older than Jim Ballew when he died, though the sad losses came not that long apart. When I moved to Miami in March '87, EVERYBODY andtheir grandmother sang "Don't Pet the Dog," and credited it to Jim Ballew. He died around then, and Will McLean a year or three later. Jim was still a youngish man. |
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22 Jul 10 - 02:48 PM (#2950021) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Pet the Dog (John Hadley) From: GUEST,Jean Hewitt I always thought it was written by Jim Ballew, but I have Jim's vinyl album, and lo & behold, he attributes it to John Hadley. However, around Florida, Jim get the credit for it... Incidentally Jim was a hemophiliac, and before donor blood was tested as it is now, he got a bad dose and contracted AIDS....he was a friend, and we all miss Jim playing around at the various festivals in Florida... |