Lay Down Little Doggies Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: 

LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGIES, LAY DOWN 

WE'VE BOTH GOT TO SLEEP ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND 

THE WIND'S BLOWIN' COLDER AND THE SUN'S GOIN' DOWN 

LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGIES, LAY DOWN 

WE HIT THIS OLD BEEF TRAIL JUST TWO MONTHS AGO 

WE BLISTERED IN THE SUN AND WE FROZE IN THE SNOW 

IN TEN DAYS WE'RE COMIN TO A PACKING-HOUSE TOWN 

SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN, LITTLE DOGIES, LAY DOWN 

THIS DODGE CITY TRAIL SHE'S A HARD ROAD TO GO 

UP THE TEXAS FLATLANDS THROUGH OLD MEXICO 

I GOT DUST IN MY EYES AND MUD IN MY NOSE 

SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN, LITTLE DOGIES, LAY DOWN 

CHORUS 

HIT A BAD HOLE OF WATER WE DRUNK AND GOT SICK 

CURLED UP OUT HAIR, TIED OUR TAILS BACK IN KINKS 

WE GOT LOST IN A BLIND CANYON, TIPPY-TOEIN' AROUND 

SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN, LITTLE DOGIES, LAY DOWN 

HERE NOW WE COME TO THE END OF OUR TRAIL 

YOUR HAIR, HIDE AND CARCASS TO THE STOCKYARDS I SELL 

I'LL SEE YOU IN A TIN CAN WHEN YOU GET SHIPPED AROUND 

SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN, LITTLE DOGIES, LAY DOWN 

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