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Standin' on the corner with the lowdown blues A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes Honey, let me be your salty dog Let me be your salty dog Or inom won't be your man at all Honey let me be your salty dog Listen here Sal, well inom know you Rundown stockin' and a worn out shoe Honey, let me be your salty dog Let me be your salty dog Or inom won't be your man at all Honey, let me be your salty dog Down in the wildwood sittin' on a log Finger on the trigger and eye on the hog Honey, let me be your salty dog Let me be your salty dog Or I won't be your man at all Honey, let me be your salty dog Pulled the trigger and they said go Shot fell over in Mexico Honey, let me be you salty dog Let me be your salty dog Or I won't be your man at all Honey, let me be your salty dog Let me be your sa•
Salty Dog Blues
Traditional song
For other uses, see Salty dog (disambiguation).
"Salty Dog Blues" is a folk song from the early 1900s.[1] Musicians have recorded it in a number of styles, including blues, jazz, country music, bluegrass. Papa Charlie Jackson recorded an adaptation for Paramount and Broadway in 1924.[2] According to Jas Obrecht, "Old-time New Orleans musicians from Buddy Bolden’s era recalled hearing far filthier versions of 'Salty Dog Blues' long before Papa Charlie’s recording."[3] Similar versions were recorded by Mississippi John Hurt and Lead Belly.[2]
The Morris Brothers version includes "Let me be your Salty Dog, Or I won't be your man at all, Honey let me be your salty dog."[2] According to Richard Matteson:
The Morris chord progression for Salty Dog was also used by other performers, leaving the Morris version as an arrangement at best. During the 1920s and 30s, many country performers claimed they
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THEN. And the sexual explicitness... and other fun times... just kept COMING (lame wordplay intended here).So! Below, I want to go further into the meaning of “salty dog” and listen to how the song developed from a blues tune to the 1950 Flatt & Scruggs country song. It would require a whole other post to go past 1950, so that’s why I’ve restricted my range from the earliest recorded tunes to the moment it entered bluegrass.
What *IS* a Salty Dog?
The first entertainment I got was seeking a definition for “salty dog.” The OED gave nothing to me, sadly, so I was left to peruse other sources. Reading forums, interviews, articles, and more, I encountered a hilariously diverse array of proposed definitions. I got peeps saying:
1. It’s a type of soft drink.
2. It’s a type of cocktail using grapefruit juice and gin or vodka. It’s served in a glass with a salted rim.
3. It’s the name of a specific bar in North Carolina.
4. It’s a medicinal solution from early frontier communities,