words and music by Woody Guthrie



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Lay down, little doggies, lay down

We've both got to sleep on the cold, cold ground

The winds blowin' colder and the sun's goin' down

Lay down, little doggies, 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 housetown

So lay yourselves down, little doggies, lay down



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That bad hold 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 doggies, 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 doggies, lay down



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