Sic 'Em Dogs On

DESCRIPTION: "Yes, I'm goin' downtown and the the chief police you siccin' your dogs on me." The woman apologizes, but the singer says she has his money and is loosing the dogs. He begs her to take him back. She says, "Don't you drive me round."
AUTHOR: Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (recorded by Bukka White for the Lomaxes)
KEYWORDS: police courting rejection dog
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Burton-TennesseeTraditionalSingers, p. 175, "Sic 'Em Dogs On" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #18751
RECORDINGS:
Bukka White, "Sic 'Em Dogs On" (Herwin 92400, 1939)
File: BTN175

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