Peter Schickele - Hound Dog

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{Enos Presley}
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Just cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Just cryin' all the time
You ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

You know, they said you was high class
But that was just a lie
They said you was high class
But that was just a lie
You know, you ain't never caught a rabbit
You ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
That's all you are
Cryin' all the time
Nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Now, now, take it away!

(Guitar solo)

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, I can't stand it!

Oh, groovy!

You know, they said you was high class
Well, that was just a
A prevarication
It wasn't true!
They said you was high class
But that was just a
Just a lie!
You know, you ain't never caught a rabbit
He ain't no friend of mi-

(Beat stops for a second)

Come on back here!

Oh, ho! I thought you were leaving!

I wouldn't want you to leave, because there's two more verses, here!

Of course, they aren't really different, they're the same two verses from before... and, uh... but still, they're-

THEY SAID YOU WAS HIGH CLASS
WELL, THAT WAS JUST A LIE
THEY SAID YOU WAS HIGH CLASS
WELL, THAT WAS JUST A LIE
YOU KNOW, YOU AIN'T NEVER CAUGHT A RABBIT
AND YOU AIN'T NO FRIEND OF MINE

YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG
CRYIN' ALL THE TIME
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG
CRYIN' ALL THE TIME
YOU AIN'T NEVER CAUGHT A RABBIT
AND YOU AIN'T
NO FRIEND OF MINE!

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Peter Schickele (born July 17, 1935) is a comedian, composer, conductor and pianist best known for his parodies and satires of classical music – most often written through the fictional character of “P.D.Q. Bach”, the profoundly untalented “twenty-first of Johann Sebastian Bach’s twenty children.”

His comedy and live shows incorporate slapstick, elaborate puns, and performances of P.D.Q. Bach’s “music” that sometimes feature odd instruments (such as the “pastaphone” and the “schlagenfrappe”, the latter of which is simply a set of tuned cardboard tubes that the player hits himself on the head with); he has also written original music that is attributed to himself.

He has won five Grammy Awards; between 1990 and 1993, he won four consecutive Grammys for Best Comedy Album.