Songtext Blue Peter, Paul & Mary

Blue

(spoken by peter)
Wed like to sing a childrens song for you now, thats unique. its the only childrens song that weve ever encountered that contains all three of the basic elements of every single chil
S song. the first element is simplicity, so that the child can understand the song. the second element is pathos, to prepare the child for later traumatic experiences ... (laughter). and the thi
Ement is repetition, to give the child a false sense of security (laughter).

I had a dog and his name was blue
I had a dog and his name was blue
I had a dog and his name was blue
I betcha five dollars hes a good dog, too
Singin here, ol blue, youre a good dog, you!

Ol blue come when I blow my horn
Ol blue come when I blow my horn
A blue come a runnin through the yella corn
A blue come a runnin when I blow my horn
Singin here, ol blue, youre a good dog, you!

(spoken by peter, in an interrupting manner) what if this song were to be changed? (laughter) modified by an unscrupulous modifier of folks songs, whose business it is to make this type of
Palatable for the teenage, deliquent, mother-my-dog instinct. and then it would be a rock and roll song. (paul, interrupting) oh, nasty, unscrupulous modifier!!! (
Ter, then peter) now it would sound something...like this:

Hup two three four five six hey!
Well I got a dog and is name is blue,
I betcha five dollars hes a good dog, too,
Oh, oh, oooo, yow!
Bow wow bow wow bow wow, ooooo,

(spoken)
Well blue...
Why did you leave me sweetheart?
Blue ... you promised to write
And I ... I sit I sit ...
I sit alone at night now,
Sifting sand through my fingers,
(looking for some trace of you)

Come back blue, i, i, i,
I want you i, i, i,
I need you ....
And Im going to have you!!!

Here, blue!!!