Misc Traditional – Gotta Quit Kicking My Dog Around Jake (Guitar)

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Had an old dog and his name was Jake

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Found him out in the old cain break

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Figured he’d make a pretty good hound

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As soon as he learned his way around

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What’s that son what have you got

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He’s Bluetick stock and the lord knows what

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Take him out back and wash him down

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Billy Joe’s found a lord knows hound

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Oooooooooohhh!

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Every time I go to town

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The boys keep kicking my dog around

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Makes no difference if he is a hound

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You gotta quit kicking my dog around

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We took Jake out and to school him hard

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But he chased Ma’s ducks all around the yard

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He chased her chickens and a rabbit and a deer

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And he chewed on the neighbor’s milk cow’s ear

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We took Jake to run a raccoon

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But he lead us straight to the town saloon

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While the sherif stood there in tremblin’ fear

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Jake chewed on his star and he drank his beer

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Oooooooooohhh!

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Every time I go to town

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The boys keep kicking my dog around

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Makes no difference if he is a hound

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You gotta quit kicking my dog around

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Well me and Jake we are best friends

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We’ll stick together until the end

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Checking that trap that Pa had set

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We came on the tracks of a mountain cat

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Jake took off with flopping ears

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He chased that cat from here to there

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And all the boys showed up from town

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To watch that cat and the crazy hound

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Well Jake he had that critter treed

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And the boys all looked and smiled at me

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‘Cause way up high on a limb she sat

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My mother’s precious calico cat

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Oooooooooohhh!

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Every time I go to town

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The boys keep kicking my dog around

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Makes no difference if he is a hound

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You gotta quit kicking my dog around

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Every time I go to town

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The boys keep kicking my dog around

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Makes no difference if he is a hound

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You gotta quit kicking my dog around