Buffy Sainte-Marie - They gotta quit kickin

^DEvery time I go to ^Atown The boys keep a-kickin' my dog a^Dround Makes no difference if'n he's a ^Ahound They gotta quit kickin' my dog ar^Dound

Me and Lem Briggs and ol' Bill ^ABrown Took us a little walk to ^Dtown My old Jim dog, an orn'ry old ^Acuss He just naturally follered ^Dus

As we went by Joe Johnson's ^Astore A passel of yaps come out the ^Ddoor Yellin' and a-screamin' and a-throwin' ^Arocks They run my Jim dog under a ^Dbox

Well Jim seed his duty there and ^Athen He lit into them gentle^Dmen He sure messed up that courthouse ^Asquare With the rags and the meat and the hide and the ^Dhair

^DEvery time I go to ^Atown The boys keep a-kickin' my dog a^Dround Makes no difference if'n he's a ^Ahound They gotta quit kickin' my dog a^Dround