DOG SONGS
(excerpts from posts)
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So here's what I need from your collective wisdom and incredible wealth of arcane and trivial knowledge: Lyrics containg the phrase "Let sleeping dogs lie" Lyrics or quotes related to dogs/dog behavior/male-female relationships.

1) Friend of a friend made up some new lyrics to "Thank god i'm a country boy" in honor of her beloved weiner dog... All I remember is:
..Well I got short legs and I'm long in the middle
something something
...I go outside and take a little piddle
Life ain't nothin' but eatin lots of kibble
Thank god I'm a weiner dog!
which isn't much, but if you're feeling very inspired you could add more or
play with another well known song...

2) Try these:
"Oh, I Wanna Be a Dog" by Barry Louis Polisar
"My Dog's Better Than Your Dog" by Tom Paxton

3) I just remembered Jay Manketa's parody of "From a Distance" called "From a Dog's Stance". I'm not sure where you can find it, but I'll ask on my CMN (Children's Music Network) Website

4) The bestest dog song in the entire world and of all time is Connie Kaldor's "I Love That Dog" from her Small Cafe CD.
http://www.conniekaldor.com/all_about/music/discography/small_cafe/i_love_that_dog.html

5) Just thought of another:
Damned Old Dog, by The Roches (self titled album)
Words & Music by Margaret A Roche)

Do I wanna be a dog?
any diddlin' male would do
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't be fussy for you

Do I wanna be a housebroken dog
eat better than an Indian
I don't wanna be a damned old dog
I just wanna lick your chin again

I thought that I could convince you
I thought that I could get through
chew out a hole in the fence you
barked up between me and you

Limpin' around in the moonlight
coverin' up what I did
words decompose all around me
nuisances I committed

Do I wanna be a dog
cut the heat out of me
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't have to goddamn human be

Copyright 1979 DeShufflin Inc.

6) Here it is; it's one of my favorites. I sing it to my dog all the time. I believe Jay may be reached by emailing jay@jaymankita.com He's a super guy. Another of his songs that I love dearly is "Living Planet".

From A Dog's Stance
(a parody of Julie Gold's original song, From a Distance) by Jay Mankita 1992
From a dog's stance, the world's a bowl of food...and no dog is in need.  From a dog's stance, no dog is ever rude...just one hungry mouth to feed
From a dog's stance there is harmony, and it rests upon your pla-a-ate,
It's the drool of hope...It's the look of guilt...
That's the stance of every dog.

Dogs are watching us (2x)
Dogs are watching us ....from a dog's stance.

(alternate second line to first verse): There are no cats, no postmen, baths or fleas; there's just one hungry mouth to feed.
From a dog's stance, there is harmony...and it rests upon your plate.
It's the drool of hope...It's the look of guilt...
That's the stance of every dog.

Verse 2:
From a dog's stance, we all have enough...so why not give dogs more?
From a dog's stance, dogs cannot comprehend...what all these cats are for.
From a dog's stance, we are waitresses...marching to the kitchen now.
Bringing bowls of food...Make that "people" food...
That's the stance of every dog.

Dogs are watching us; Dogs are watching us;
Dogs are watching us...from a dog's stance From: UncleRuthie@aol.com

I have a song on my album "The Mystery of Time" It is called "Captain Poop" and it is a humorous/ environmental song about people who do no clean up after their dogs..

Also the marvelous "There's a Dog in School" by Bill Wellington (CMN) which is on my recording "H.U.M. - Highly Usable Music".  It has also been recorded by other cmn'ers!

7) Ummmm ...
Who Let the Dogs Out? ruff, ruff, ruff

8) There's always that old favorite: "How much is that doggie in the window?", and maybe something from "Lady and the Tramp".

9) Every time I go to town, the boys they kick my dog around. Makes no diff'rence if he is a hound, they gotta quit kickin' my dog around"
"You know my girl just called me up
And she woke me from my sleep
You should have heard the things she said
You know she hurt my feelings deep.
I’m gonna buy me a dog [a dog, a dog! why? ]
’cause I need a friend now. [say, you need all the friends you can get]
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
My girl, my girl, don’t love me no how.
She used to bring me my newspaper
’cause she knew where it was at.
She used to keep me so contented.
But I can teach a dog to do that.
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
’cause I need a friend now
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
My girl, my girl, don’t love me no how."

10) How about Cat Stevens' "I Love My Dog"
"I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
All he asks from me is the food to give him strength
All he ever needs is love and that he knows he'll get
So, I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
All the pay I need comes shining through his eyes
I don't need no cold water to make me realize that
I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, nana...
I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, nana...
I love my dog, Baby, I love my dog. Na, na, na...
I love my dog, Baby, I love my dog. Na, na, na... "

Or of course the classic:
"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog cryin' all the time...you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine!"

11) What timing! I am in the middle of reading Shirley MacLaine's new book, Out on a Leash. It's about her relationship with her dog. A must read for this project. I found it at my library.

Hey hey we're the Monkees....Mickey Dolenz, gotta buy him a dog...

Any inspiration from 101 Dalmations?
Dog Day Afternoon?
Lassie?
Turner and Hooch?
Deputy Dawg?
Best in Show? (one of the funniest movies ever made.)
I finally posted Canine Connection on my website, where you can see Pervis' singles ad. Picture included. Check it out.
arf!

12) There's also George Thorogood's cover of Hank Williams's "Move It On Over," which has him as the dog (who's been running around on his girl, and now he's in the doghouse).
I come in last night about half past ten
That baby of mine wouldn't let me in
So move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over little dog, a mean, old dog is movin' in

She told me not to mess around
But I done let the deal go down
Move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over nice dog, a big, fat dog is movin' in

She changed the lock on my back door
Now my key won't fit no more
Move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over nice dog, a mean, old dog is movin' in

She threw me out just as pretty as she pleased
Pretty soon I've been scratchin' fleas
Move it on over
Slide it on over
Move over nice dog, a mean, old dog is movin' in

Yeah! Listen to me dog before you start to whine
That side's yours and this side's mine
Move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over little dog, a big, old dog is movin' in.

She changed the lock on my back door
Now my key won't fit no more
Move it on over (etc. etc.)
Move over cool dogs, a hot dog's movin' in.

And there's always "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men, which I think is actually supposed to be about a bunch of girl-hungry guys running amok.

13) How about Jane Siberry's 1989 Everything Reminds Me of My Dog?
Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog
everything reminds me of my dog
the guy in the store reminds me of my dog
telephones remind me of my dog...yoohoo
taxicabs remind me too

if you remind me of my dog
we'll probably git along little doggie
git along git along little doggie git a...
smiling at strangers reminds me of my dog
(better let them know you're friendly)
the way people dress reminds me too
pissing on their favourite tree
sad things remind me of my dog
cockroaches and other insects
remind me too, don't eat them
the blank expression of the little boy
with thick glasses who picks
himself up from the sidewalk
and stands there blinking in the sun
ho oh!

if you remind me of my dog
we'll probably git along little doggie
git along git along little doggie git a...
like the man on the subway
sitting across from me
and every time I looked at him he smiled
and by the time
I got to the end of the subway line
I 'd given him at least ...oh...25 cookies
guys in bars remind me of my dog
the way it takes you so long
to choose the perfect table

if you remind me of my dog
we'll probably git along little doggie
git along git along little doggie git a...
me and my ferocious dog
we're walking down the street
and everyone we meet says
"ach yer a goot doogie !...
"ach yer a goot doogie!..."
"ach yer a goot doogie!..."
except when we go for a walk
to get the Sunday paper
I stand there and read the headlines
he reads the wind
sometimes he hits a funny smell and laughs
I hate it when he does that- I feel so dumb
what? what? I say

everything reminds me of my dog
beautiful things
sunsets remind me of my dog
Gina go to your window
Einstein reminds me of me dog
I want to pat his fluffy head
this whole world reminds me of my dog
my dog reminds me of this whole world
do I remind you of a dog? (thump thump)
I do? (faster thump thump)
skyscrapers remind me of my dog
sitting in the tall grass waiting for a rabbit
guys in red cameros too
it's getting to be a habit
artists remind me of my dog
staking out their originality on the nearest tree
old folks remind me of my dog
my dog reminds old people of their dogs
(Barfy, Ruffo, Beanhead)
Gina says I remind her of the dog
the that way I just did that
golfers teeing off remind me of my dog
the way he sits by me and shifts on his front paws
what is it you want? look at it...
do you want to go for a walk? do you want a cookie?
do you want me to dial the number for you?

14) I just Googled "Let sleeping dogs lie". You'll love it!

15) My favorite "dog" line from a song, hysterically funny, is, "Somebody kicked my dog Mavis, and I'm gonna find out just who the hell it was!" The song is by the The Dead Milkmen. Makes me giggle every time.

16) I just looked up dogs in The Prentice Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs and found 8 pages on Dogs - don't know where to start! There were also lots of pages on men and women separately, but nothing under the topic of men and women. However, my International Thesaurus of Quotations has three pages of quotes on men and women including these : Women like silent men. They think they're listening. Marcel Achard - Nov 4, 1956 I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of. Oliver Wendell Homes - The Professor at the Breakfast Table 1860 The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors: They are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating. H. L. Mencken in The Smart Set May 1919.

17) I have a song on my album "The Mystery of Time" It is called "Captain Poop" and it is a humorous/ environmental song about people who do no clean up after their dogs.. Also the marvelous "There's a Dog in School" by Bill Wellington (CMN) which is on my recording "H.U.M. - Highly Usable Music".  It has also been recorded by other cmn'ers!
 
18) I have no idea if this is apocraphal, but I once read that in Colonial times people used to use dog hide for making shoes, hence two of our idioms: "my dogs are barking" and "putting on the dog"

19) Thanks to all who contributed to my request for dog lyrics/quotes. I have complied all of the responses from this list and the SherBoards at this link:
http://www.barbarasher.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/003547.html

20) Beautiful! see
http://www.butterflyalphabet.com/
http://www.land-hildebrand.com/
or http://www.land-hildebrand.com/landhilbbbcd.html
The Dog Song is on "Ballads, Babies & Barbeque" and can be downloaded. It's quite cute, and worth ordering for the full version IMHO. I used it with my Shakespeare class as we read Midsummer Night's Dream "use me as you use your spaniel, kick me, spurn me."

21) and there's The Puppy Song by Harry Nilsson...
 "If only I could have a puppy,
I'd call myself so very lucky
Just to have some company
To share a cup of tea with me.
I'd take my puppy everywhere...
doo doo doo doo I wouldn't care...
We would stay away from crowds,
And signs that said "no dogs allowed"...
Lynda T. 8/10/06
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