Re: downgrade

I found this at [www.grandfolkies.com]

Here are the lyrics, and a bit of background from Alan Lomax' s Folk Songs of North America, 1960:

["Some say The Hound Dog song originated before the (US) civil war. . .(some) say it's a recently composed piece. . .The tune is the old fiddlers' favourite, Sandy Land or Sally Anne."]



Ev'ry time I come to town

The boys keep kickin' my dawg aroun'

Makes no difference if he is a houn'

They gotta quit kickin' my dawg aroun'



Me an' Lem Briggs an' old Bill Brown

Took a load of corn to town

My old Jim dawg, ornery old cuss

He just naturally follored us.



As we drive past Johnson's store

A passel of yaps come out the door

Jim he scooted behind a box

With all them fellers a-throwin' rocks



They tied a can to old Jim's tail

An' run him past the county jail

That just naturally made us sore

Lem, he cussed, and Bill, he swore.



Me an' Lem Briggs an' old Bill Brown

Lost no time in a-gitten down

We wiped them fellers on the ground

For kickin' my old dawg, Jim, around.



Jim seen his duty there an' then

He lit into them gentlemen

He shore mussed up the courthouse square

With rags an' meat an' hide an' hair.



Repeat verse 1

[NB Years ago, our 3 children used to take great delight in roaring this song out as we drove along on many a camping trip. It's still worth a chuckle when the Robbins family gets together!]