Walkin' the dog

Ruby baby, dressed in black, silver hair all down her back

(Music and lyrics by Rufus Thomas, 1963)

Baby's back, dressed in black,

Silver buttons all down her back

High, low, tipsy toe,

She broke a needle and she can't sew

Walkin' the dog,

Just walkin' the dog

If you don't know how to do it,

I'll show you how to walk the dog

Asked a fellow for fifteen cents,

See the fellow he jumped the fence

Jumped so high he touched the sky,

Never got back till the fourth of July

Walkin' the dog,

Just walkin' the dog

If you don't know how to do it,

I'll show you how to walk the dog

Come on now, come on, come on

Mary, Mary, quite contrary

Tell me, how does your garden grow?

You got silver bells and you got cockleshells

Pretty maids all in a row

Walking the dog

Just a walkin' the dog

If you don't know how to do it

Show you how to walk the dog

Come on now, come on, come on

Oh oh, just a, just a, just a walkin'

Just a, just a, just a walkin'

Just a, just a, just a walkin'

Oh yeah, if you don't know how to do it

I'll show you how to walk the dog, oh

Just a, just a, just a, just a, just a, just a walkin'

Just a, just a, just a, just a, just a, just a walkin', oh