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Real Bulldog
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It's educational: everything a wanna-be dogfighter needs to know before embarrassing self.
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
Song Info
Genre
Blues Blues General
Charts
Peak #379
Peak in subgenre #161
Author
MaryK
Rights
1996, 2003
Uploaded
February 22, 2004
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MP3
MP3 2.0 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
I was married to a guy who loved to talk but couldn't walk the walk. Spent a lot of my money on good dogs but couldn't do the thing right.
Lyrics
You say you've got a real bulldog-- she's the queen of your yard Though her mama was a screamin' cur and her daddy couldn't bite hard You say I should see her pedigree, she's real impressive here You can talk about bloodlines all night long in my ear! You went out and bought a bitch pup, then you raised her up and bred her Put an ad in the Journal that says your pups are better You want to make some money but you're afraid to match her 'Cause a real bulldog would only take five minutes to dispatch her! Don't ya talk that talk Unless you can walk that walk (3x) Don't ya give me no bull Unless it's a pit bull! You run up a heavy phone bill, talkin' to the dogman But it's a great big pond and you're a little bitty frog, man! You'll never get a star beside your name that says you're known So put your money where your mouth is and get off the phone! (chorus)
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