Hound Dog, Bay at the Moon

DESCRIPTION: "Hound dog, bay at the moon, Lay back your long ears, sing a sad tune, Lift u p your long head... Hound dog, bay at the moon." The singer describes the hard times he is experiencing and wishes God would forgive and/or make it rain
AUTHOR: James William Smith M.D. (?)
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Cray-AshGrove)
KEYWORDS: work dog hardtimes
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cray-AshGrove, p. 30, "Hound Dog" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [61 words]: There was a long Mudcat thread about this song in 2007. The general consensus was that James William Smith, M.D., a teacher of medicine at Oklahoma University Medical Center, wrote the original. Katie Lee modified it, Cisco Houston perhaps did so also, and a version was sung in the 1952(?) movie "The Meanest Man in Arizona." I have no way to verify any of this. - RBW
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