Quit Kicking My Dog Around
Whilst Larry did say that he wrote this song (during the performance on Rough Diamonds, Precious Jewels), it is actually a very old song to which Larry wrote additional lyrics. See below for a recording of it from 1926. It is perhaps most famous for having been used in the movie Kelly's Heroes
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Version 1 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar during a concert in Northern Ireland
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Version 1 is a live recording, performed with acoustic guitar and as a duet with his sister Nancy during a concert in Beaverton, Portland, on October 18, 2003
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lyrics version 1
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
Y' gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
I've got a dog with a basketball nose [x3]
Reason I say that is 'cause it's always dribbling all over the place [Spoken]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
They gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
Um mm-mm-mm-mm
My sister has a dog named Elmer
My sister has dog named Elmer
My sister has dog named Elmer
My dog's name is Spot
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
Y' gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
This is, these are all songs from my childhood a' [Spoken]
My dog lives in the city with the birds and the bees
He doesn't like city 'cause it doesn't have trees
Got fireplugs [Spoken]
Well every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh ooh
My dog sings it with me sometimes [Spoken]
Um, um, it's been so many years. I never sing this eh, my, my nephew came up and eh, eh to visit and he was singing this song an', an' I said how do you know that song, he says oh I learned it when I was a kid. And I said I wrote that song. I'd never met him until like three years ago you know, and he said no you didn't, it's, it's a children's song they sing when, when you're little. I said no, it's a song your mom told you 'cause she learned it from me, ?? she's my sister
Mm. I think it really messed me up being raised in a black neighbourhood because um, well here's, here's another song [Spoken, over guitar]
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
Y' gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
I've got a dog with a basketball nose [x3]
Reason I say that is 'cause it's always dribbling all over the place [Spoken]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
They gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
Um mm-mm-mm-mm
My sister has a dog named Elmer
My sister has dog named Elmer
My sister has dog named Elmer
My dog's name is Spot
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
Y' gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
This is, these are all songs from my childhood a' [Spoken]
My dog lives in the city with the birds and the bees
He doesn't like city 'cause it doesn't have trees
Got fireplugs [Spoken]
Well every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh ooh
My dog sings it with me sometimes [Spoken]
Um, um, it's been so many years. I never sing this eh, my, my nephew came up and eh, eh to visit and he was singing this song an', an' I said how do you know that song, he says oh I learned it when I was a kid. And I said I wrote that song. I'd never met him until like three years ago you know, and he said no you didn't, it's, it's a children's song they sing when, when you're little. I said no, it's a song your mom told you 'cause she learned it from me, ?? she's my sister
Mm. I think it really messed me up being raised in a black neighbourhood because um, well here's, here's another song [Spoken, over guitar]
lyrics version 2
[Larry], [Nancy], [Both]
So I would like to introduce you to my sister Nancy
[Starts playing guitar]
Um, I think the last time we sang this was thirty
Eight years ago, thirty eight years ago
Yeh. So, we might be asking you for the lyric [Spoken]
[Laughs]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
Well I saw a little boy walking down the street
His pockets full a' hands and his shoes full of feet
I saw a little boy walking down the street
His pockets full a' hands and his shoes full of feet
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
I've got a dog with a basketball nose [x3]
The reason I say that is 'cause it's always dribbling all over the place [Spoken]
Wa-ooh / Every time I
Oh [Spoken]
Ah-ooh / [Laughs]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
My dog lives in the country with the birds and the bees
He don't like the city 'cause it ain't got trees
Larry wrote all these lyrics
[Laughs]
And I love 'im
You love, you love 'em?
I love you
Oh you love me, I thought you meant you love the lyrics / I do not love them
Oh. I love 'em, yeah. Eh-um [Spoken]
My dog
I've got a dog and his name is Phydeaux [x3]
My dog's name is Spot
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
My dog's bigger than your dog
No [Spoken]
My dog's bigger than yours
No, no, no [Spoken]
My dog's bigger 'cause he keep eats Ken-L Rations
No. That, that is a prevaricated falsification. His dog is a grizzly bear [Spoken]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
It makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
So I would like to introduce you to my sister Nancy
[Starts playing guitar]
Um, I think the last time we sang this was thirty
Eight years ago, thirty eight years ago
Yeh. So, we might be asking you for the lyric [Spoken]
[Laughs]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
Well I saw a little boy walking down the street
His pockets full a' hands and his shoes full of feet
I saw a little boy walking down the street
His pockets full a' hands and his shoes full of feet
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
I've got a dog with a basketball nose [x3]
The reason I say that is 'cause it's always dribbling all over the place [Spoken]
Wa-ooh / Every time I
Oh [Spoken]
Ah-ooh / [Laughs]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
My dog lives in the country with the birds and the bees
He don't like the city 'cause it ain't got trees
Larry wrote all these lyrics
[Laughs]
And I love 'im
You love, you love 'em?
I love you
Oh you love me, I thought you meant you love the lyrics / I do not love them
Oh. I love 'em, yeah. Eh-um [Spoken]
My dog
I've got a dog and his name is Phydeaux [x3]
My dog's name is Spot
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Wa-ooh
Wa-ooh
My dog's bigger than your dog
No [Spoken]
My dog's bigger than yours
No, no, no [Spoken]
My dog's bigger 'cause he keep eats Ken-L Rations
No. That, that is a prevaricated falsification. His dog is a grizzly bear [Spoken]
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
Makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around
Every time I go to town
The boys keep kicking my dog around
It makes no difference if he is a hound
You gotta quit kicking my dog around