BLUE
(Yarrow / Stookey / Travers)
Peter, Paul, & Mary


(Spoken by Peter)
"We'd like to sing a children's
song for you now, that's unique. It's the
only children's song that we've
ever encountered that contains all
three of the basic elements of
every single children's song. The first
element is simplicity, so that
the child can understand the song. The
second element is pathos, to
prepare the child for later traumatic
experiences ... (laughter). And
the third element is repetition, to give
the child a false sense of
security" (laughter).

I had a dog and his name was
Blue
I had a dog and his name was
Blue
I had a dog and his name was
Blue
I betcha five dollars he's a
good dog, too
Singin' "here, ol' Blue, you're
a good dog, you!"

Ol' Blue come when I blow my
horn
Ol' Blue come when I blow my
horn
A' Blue come a' runnin' through
the yella' corn
A' Blue come a' runnin' when I
blow my horn
Singin' "here, ol' Blue, you're
a good dog, you!"

(Spoken by Peter, in an
interrupting manner) "What if this song
were to be changed? (laughter)
Modified by an unscrupulous
modifier of folks songs, whose
business it is to make this type of song
palatable for the teenage,
delinquent, "mother-my-dog" instinct. And
then it would be a rock and
roll song." (Paul, interrupting) "OH,
NASTY, UNSCRUPULOUS
MODIFIER!!!" (laughter, then Peter)
"Now it would sound
something...like this:"

Hup two three four five six
hey!
Well I got a dog and 'is name
is Blue,
I betcha five dollars he's a
good dog, too,
Oh, Oh, oooo, yow!
Bow wow bow wow bow wow, ooooo,

(Spoken)
"Well Blue...
Why did you leave me
sweetheart?
Blue ... you promised to write
and I ... I sit I sit ...
I sit alone at night now,
Sifting sand through my
fingers,
(looking for some trace of you)

Come back Blue, I, I, I,
I want you I, I, I,
I need you ....
And I'm Going To Have You!!!

Here, Blue!!!