Walking the Dog

Composer: Rufus Thomas       Original performer: Rufus Thomas (1963)
Recording date: January 1964        Recording location: Regent Sound Studios, London
Producer: Andrew Oldham        Engineer: Bill Farley
Performed onstage: 1963-65

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Rhythm electric guitar: Brian Jones
Lead electric guitar: Keith Richards
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Harmony vocal: Brian Jones
Handclaps: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Brian Jones
 

Baby back, dressed in black
Silver buttons all down her back
High hose, tipsy toes
She broke the needle and she can't sew

Walking the dog
I'm just walking the dog
If you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk a dog

Come on now, come on


I asked my mother for 15 cents
See a elephant jump the fence
It jumped so high, it touched the skies
Didn't get back 'til a quarter to 5

Walking the dog
I'm just walking the dog
If you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk a dog

Tell me, Mary, what's your trip?
How does your garden grow?
What with silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row

Walking the dog
I'm just walking the dog
If you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk a dog

Come on now, come on

Baby back, dressed in black

Silver buttons all down her back
High hose, tipsy toes
She broke the needle and she can't sew

Walking the dog
I'm just walking the dog
If you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk a dog

Come on now, come on

Yeah... j-j-j-j-j-just a-walking
J-j-j-j-j-just a-walking
J-j-j-j-j-just a-walking
Now if you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk a dog

Come on now, come on

If you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk a dog 

Come on now

If you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk a dog


TrackTalk

Brian at that time (1962-63) is the leader of the band. He pulled us all together, he's playing good guitar, but his love is the harmonica. On top of that, he's got the pop star hang-up - he wants to sing, with Mick, like Walking the Dog.

- Keith Richards, 1971



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