Song title: Walking the dog
(Thomas) by Rufus Thomas (Stax 140), 1963
Walking the dog
Baby's back, dressed in black,
silver buttons all down her back.
High, low, tipsy toe,
she broke a needle and she can't sew.
Walkin' the dog,
just a-walkin' her dog.
If you don't know how to do it,
I'll show you how the walk the dog.
Asked the fellow for fifteen cents,
see the fellow he jumped the fence.
Jumped so high he touched the sky,
never got back till the fourth of July.
Walkin' the dog,
just a-walkin' her dog.
If you don't know how to do it,
I'll show you how the walk the dog. Notes:
Often played in 1973-74, and before with the Bruce Springsteen Band, maybe. Springsteen version has minor lyrics differences from this.
This song has never been published on any official release.
First known live performance: 11/12/1971 Student Prince, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 17/07/2004 Stone Pony, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 2 time(s) with the Bruce Springsteen Band.
Then, also played live 16 time(s) during the gigs preceeding the official Born To Run Tour.
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
One only rendering for this song in the 1982-1984 period, during which Bruce played, with various small groups or guesting, in a number of bars and small clubs of the New Jersey area (12/06/1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank,NJ ,USA)
In the Tunnel of Love tour, the song was only practiced (05/05/1988 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma,WA ,USA, during the soundcheck.)
but never played in the regular set.
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database