“Bull Dog Down in Tennessee”
Description
Parody of "The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee." Singer goes to court his girl, but her father sics a bulldog on him. As the dog attacks him, he flees over the hills and hollers back to his home
Notes
It was a tossup whether these recordings should be entered as "Same Tune" items under "Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee" or given their own entry. But the song has its own distinct plot, and it managed to get into the repertoires of several performers, so I decided to dignify it. - PJS
Cross references
- cf. "The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee" (tune, object of parody)
Recordings
- Ashley & Foster, "Bull Dog Sal" (unissued, prob. Vocalion, 1933; on StuffDreans1)
- Lester P. Bivins, "Bull Dog Down in Tennessee" (Bluebird B-6950/Montgomery Ward M-7229. 1937)
- Carolina Tar Heels, "The Bulldog Down in Sunny Tennessee" (Victor 20941, 1927)
- Doc Walsh, "Bull Dog Down in Tennessee" (Columbia 15057-D, 1926; rec. 1925)
References
- Roud #7879
- BI, RcBDDITe