Oh, went to see Matildie gal, I rapped on the door

voiceCollected for M.C. Parler Collected and transcribed by Sara Jo Fendley XXIII POODLE DOG Mt. View, Ark., Jan 11, 1964 sung by Raymond Sanders learned from a man from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,as a child. Reel 420, Item 8 (talk) (talk) Oh, went to see Matildie gal, I rapped on the door here she come a pity-patty, in a might roar and the door flew open, and we bowed to embrace out jumped the poodle dog and grabbed me by the face and I grabbed that poodle dog up by the nap of the neck, and I though I'd throw him through the back window, and I heard my honey's voice cry out, Oh George dear don't you hurt my Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi,yi, Pretty little doggie walkin handsome might dolly, folly Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi, yi, Don't you hurt my darling poodle dog. We was settin'in the parler one day after tea I was close to her and she's kinda close to me I stole a kiss and she put up a squeel out jumped the poodle dog and grabbed me by the heel and I grabbed that poodle dog up by the nap of the neck, and I thought I'd throw him through the hack window, and I heard my honey's voice cry out, Oh George dear don't you hurt my Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi, yi Pretty little doggie walkin' handsome mighty dolly, folly Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi, yi Don't you hurt my darling poodle dog. Every dog has it's day and this one's come at last shot him in the head one day as I went to pass I found her in the garden, she's dead, dead, drunk, shot through the neck with a whiskey bottle.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation