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Lyrics to Walkin' the Dog
by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
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The intro is a lick from Felix Mendelssohn's, "Wedding March."
Arf-arf! Arf! (Meow.)
Verse 1:
Mary Mack, dressed in black./(Oh-oh.)
Silver buttons all down her back./(Oh-oh.)
High, low, hip to toe./(Oh-oh.)
She broke a needle an' she can't sew.
Chorus:
Walkin' a-dog,
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/Jest'a walkin' da dog.
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/If you don't know how to do it,
I'll show you how the walk the dog.
(Oh-oh, oh-oh.)/Oh-oh!
Verse 2:
Asked her mama for fifteen cents./(Oh-oh.)
See a-elephant jump the fence./(Oh-oh.)
Jumped so high he touched the sky,/(Oh-oh.)
Never got back till the Fourth of July.
Chorus:
Walkin' a-dog,
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/Jest'a walkin' the dog.
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/If you don't know how to do it,
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(Oh-oh.) Oh, my-my-my./(Oh-oh.)
Instrumental break with barking, growling and vocal stylings.
Verse 3:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,/(Oh-oh.)
How's your garden grow? (Oh-oh.)
You got a-silver bells,
An' a-same-ol' cockle shells,/(Oh-oh.)
An' pretty maids all in a row.
Chorus:
Walkin' the dog,
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/Jest'a walkin' a dog.
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/If you don't know how to do it,
I'll show you how the walk the dog.
(Oh-oh.) Oh,/(Oh-oh.) Woh-oh-ho.
Jest, a-jes', a-jes' a-walking', now.
J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-jes' a-((walkin'.))
(Walkin' the do-og.)/
/J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-jes' a-((walkin'.))
(Walkin' the do-og.)/Ohh-ohh.
(Walkin'.)/Oh-oh-ho.
Fade.
Hey/(Walkin' the do-og.)
Walkin'.
(Walkin' the do-og.)
Arf-arf! Arf! (Meow.)
Verse 1:
Mary Mack, dressed in black./(Oh-oh.)
Silver buttons all down her back./(Oh-oh.)
High, low, hip to toe./(Oh-oh.)
She broke a needle an' she can't sew.
Chorus:
Walkin' a-dog,
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/Jest'a walkin' da dog.
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/If you don't know how to do it,
I'll show you how the walk the dog.
(Oh-oh, oh-oh.)/Oh-oh!
Verse 2:
Asked her mama for fifteen cents./(Oh-oh.)
See a-elephant jump the fence./(Oh-oh.)
Jumped so high he touched the sky,/(Oh-oh.)
Never got back till the Fourth of July.
Chorus:
Walkin' a-dog,
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/Jest'a walkin' the dog.
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/If you don't know how to do it,
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(Oh-oh.) Oh, my-my-my./(Oh-oh.)
Instrumental break with barking, growling and vocal stylings.
Verse 3:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,/(Oh-oh.)
How's your garden grow? (Oh-oh.)
You got a-silver bells,
An' a-same-ol' cockle shells,/(Oh-oh.)
An' pretty maids all in a row.
Chorus:
Walkin' the dog,
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/Jest'a walkin' a dog.
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)
(Walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-walkin'-)/
/If you don't know how to do it,
I'll show you how the walk the dog.
(Oh-oh.) Oh,/(Oh-oh.) Woh-oh-ho.
Jest, a-jes', a-jes' a-walking', now.
J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-jes' a-((walkin'.))
(Walkin' the do-og.)/
/J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-jes' a-((walkin'.))
(Walkin' the do-og.)/Ohh-ohh.
(Walkin'.)/Oh-oh-ho.
Fade.
Hey/(Walkin' the do-og.)
Walkin'.
(Walkin' the do-og.)
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Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Walkin' the Dog Recording details & track overview
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[WALKIN' THE DOG]{1}
Written by: Rufus Thomas
Performed by: Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels{2a}{2b}
First released:{3}
Single: None {4}
Album: 1966 [Length: 2:25]
{1}Sometimes the title of the song is written "Walking the Dog" and
sometimes "Walkin' the Dog." Almost all of the vocal artists who cover this
song tend to drop the "g" off the end of "walking," and sing, "walkin'." For
instance, the single made by the song-writer, Rufus Thomas, is named
"Walking the Dog." In the case of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, the
album that I have and the picture of an EP{5} with the song on it both list
the name of the song as "Walkin' the Dog......MORE.....(all Walkin' the Dog track/recording details) ←
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels biography
Mitch Ryder (born William S. Levise, Jr., February 26, 1945, in Hamtramck, Michigan (not too far from Detroit), is an American musician who has recorded over two dozen albums in more than four decades.
As a teen, Ryder sang with a local, African-American quartet named The Peps but he suffered so much racial harassment as the only Caucasian in the group he soon left to a The Peps for a group called The Tempest. After a while he formed his own group and called it Billy Lee & The Rivieras. It was while opening for The Dave Clark Five1 during a 1965 tour that the Rivieras came to the notice of producer Bob Crewe,2 who immediately signed them to his label, New Voice, and, according to legend, renamed the singer Mitch Ryder, after randomly selecting it from a phone book. After that, he spontaneously dubbed the group, The Detroit Wheels.
Ryder is noted for his gruff, wailing, singing style, which was influenced by.....MORE.....(full Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels biography) ←
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