Walkin' the Dog
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"Walkin' the Dog" is a song written by Shelton Brooks
in 1916. Written for the Dancing Follies of 1916, its chorus is:
Shelton Brooks
Shelton Brooks was a popular music and jazz composer who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century.Brooks was born in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada...
in 1916. Written for the Dancing Follies of 1916, its chorus is:
- Get way back, and snap your fingers,
- Get over Sally, one and all,
- Grab your gal, and don't you linger
- Do that slow-drag 'round the hall.
- Do that step, the "Texas Tommy" drop,
- Like you're sitting on a log,
- Rise slow, that will show,
- The dance called Walkin' the Dog.
External links
- "Walkin' the Dog", National Promenade Band (Edison Blue Amberol 2967, 1917)—Internet Archive.