Salty Dog Blues




McGuinn's Folk Den show

Summary: How do I download this Mp3?Mp3: Salty Dog Blues This is one of the songs I recorded in 1958 at my house at 57 E. Division Street in Chicago. It's a country blues. I was speaking with a man from a radio station in Belgium who mentioned that his favorite songs from the Folk Den were these historical recordings, so I went into my archive and found one. Lyrics: CH: [G] Oh salty [E7] dog, oh salty [A] dog, well you're [D7] sly as a fox you salty [G] dog [G] Well [E] God made a woman, made her might funny Made the [A] stuff around her lips taste like honey [D7] Won't you be my salty [G] dog? CH: Oh salty dog, oh salty dog, well you're sly as a fox you salty dog Well I got a nickel you got a dime, you spend yours and I'll save mine Honey won't you be my salty dog? CH: Oh salty dog, oh salty dog, well you're sly as a fox you salty dog Down by the wild wood sittin' on a log, singin' a song about a salty dog Honey won't you be my salty dog? CH: Oh salty dog, oh salty dog, well you're sly as a fox you salty dog [Spoken] You know, one time I took my girl to a real fine restaurant, thought I'd buy her something real nice - got the most expensive thing on the menu. Well that turned out to be some kind of tongue with fancy dressing on it. When my girl saw that man, she really flipped! She said, 'I ain't gonna eat nothing that comes out of no animal's mouth.' So I called over the waiter. I said 'Waiter, bring her a hard boiled egg.' CH: Oh salty dog, oh salty dog, well you're sly as a fox you salty dog Well I got a nickel you got a dime, you spend yours and I'll save mine Honey won't you be my salty dog? CH: Oh salty dog, oh salty dog, well you're sly as a fox you salty dog