Walkin' The Dog

Lyrics: Tex and Cliff Grimley
Music: Tex and Cliff Grimley

Played by Jerry Garcia with the Black Mountain Boys in March 1964. Not to be confused with the Rufus Thomas song with the same title.

I'm walkin' the dog, and I'm never blue
I'm walkin' the dog, and thinkin' 'bout you
I don't need no one to tie me down
I'm walkin' the dog, and I'm paintin' the town

Such an easy life, I never knew
Until the day that I left you
I'm a carefree lad that's seen the light
I'm walkin' the dog all the day and all night

Well, I'm full of pep, I just can't grow old
I got a one-track mind, so I've been told
I'm fancy free, no worries no how
I'm walkin' the dog all the law will allow

Such an easy life, I never knew
Until the day that I left you
I'm a carefree lad that's seen the light
I'm walkin' the dog all the day and all night

Such an easy life, I never knew
Until the day that I left you
I'm a carefree lad that's seen the light
I'm walkin' the dog all the day and all night
Jerry Garcia Recordings
     Date Album Recorded By
      6 Mar 1964 Before The Dead Black Mountain Boys
 
Other Recordings
      1953 (single) Tex Grimley and his Texas Showboys

 


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