Blue
Composer(s): Noel Paul Stookey; Peter Yarrow
Performer(s): Peter, Paul and Mary



Peter:
"We'd like to sing a children's song for you now, that's unique 
It's the only children's song that we've ever encountered 
that contains all three of the basic elements of every single children'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 third element 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 he's a good dog, too
Singin' "here, ol' Blue, you're 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, you're a good dog, you!"

Peter:
"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 song palatable for the teenage 
delinquent, "mother-my-dog" instinct 
And then it would be a rock and roll song" 

Paul:
"Oh, nasty, unscrupulous modifier!!!" (laughter)

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 he's a good dog, too
Oh, Oh, oooo, yow!
Bow wow bow wow bow wow, ooooo

"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 I'm Going To Have You!!!

Here, Blue!!!