I'LL TAKE THE DOG
(Marge Barton / Fred McRae)


Jean Shepard & Ray Pillow - 1966




JEAN: (Spoken) Well, we just left the courthouse this morning, and the Judge said we could go our sperate ways.
RAY:  (Spoken) And ev'rything we own must be divided, just like the seperation papers say.


RAY: 
You can keep the curtains and the tables and the chairs
And all those dirty dishes in the sink
JEAN:
Well, you can take the golf clubs and the television set
And that lawnmower that's always on the blink
RAY:
You can keep all the records and the hi-fi set
JEAN:
You can take that phoney fireplace and the logs


RAY:  (Spoken) Uh, you can keep the car
JEAN: (Spoken) But you can keep the boat
RAY:  (Spoken) And I'll take the dog
JEAN: (Spoken) No, I'll take the dog
RAY:  (Spoken) Oh no, I'm gonna take the dog


RAY:  Well, who's gonna bring me my paper
JEAN: Who's gonna keep me company
RAY:  You'll just have to give him up
JEAN: Uh-uh, I ain't partin' with that pup
BOTH: The dog belongs to me


JEAN: (Spoken) Now, hold on Ray. You ain't gonna take this dog away from me. I'm the one that feeds him ev'ry day, and who always takes care of him when he's sick.


RAY: (Spoken) Now, wait just a minute Jeannie. I guess you forget who it was who that always took him to the vet and paid for all them shots at seven bucks a lick.


JEAN: You can just forget about him
RAY:  I ain't leavin' here without him
JEAN: Then you'll just have to stay
RAY:  I guess that's the only way
JEAN: Okay


JEAN:
I'll give back the curtains and the tables and the chairs
And I'll wash the dirty dishes in the sink
RAY:
And I won't take the golf clubs or the television set
And I'll fix that mower that's always on the blink
BOTH:
We'll both listen to the records on the hi-fi set
By the fireplace with its gas burnin' logs 
RAY:
We'll go ridin' in our car
JEAN:
And we'll go sailin' in our boat
BOTH:
And we'll both take the dog
Yes, we'll both take the dog
 
RAY: C'mon Poochie  
JEAN: Aah, come to Mama
RAY: Ah, he sure is sweet, isn't he
JEAN: Yes, he sure is..........FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2007)  


























(Contributed by  - August 2007)