QUIT KICKIN' MY DOG AROUND
(Frank Miller / Richard Dehr / Terry Gilkyson)


Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders - 1960
Val Doonican - 1964



I've got a dog, he's my best friend
And I want to be friends with you
And if you want friends up to the very end
You've got to love my hound dog too

On Saturday night when I come to town
I bring my old hound dog along
And if anybody tries to kick him around
They'll hear me sing my song

You can carve me up with a Bowie knife
You can tear my farmhouse down
You can steal my wife, but if your lovin' your life
Quit kickin' my dog around

His tail is long and he keeps it a-waggin'
And his eyes are shiny blue
And pardon me if you think I'm a-braggin'
He's patriotic too

There's fellah name Joe, he's as big as a tree
And he's the meanest man in town
But I layed him flat with a one-two-three
For kickin' my dog around

You can carve me up with a Bowie knife
You can tear my farmhouse down
You can steal my wife, but if your lovin' your life
Quit kickin' my dog around

I met a little girl so pretty to see
Her name was Abigail Mogg
But she said that she could never marry me
Because she'd have to marry my dog

So I looked all around until I found
Another girl for me to wed
But when she took to kickin' my dog
She kinda lost her head

You can carve me up with a Bowie knife
You can tear my farmhouse down
You can steal my wife, but if your lovin' your life
Quit kickin' my dog around

Hound dog, hound dog
Come on, Blue
Hound dog, hound dog
Just me and you

Woof! Woof!



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2019)