I think this is the best dog song ever
By Sherry
@norcal (4889)
Franklinton, North Carolina
March 5, 2019 3:56pm CST
I heard this many years ago on my eclectic local radio station. Every time I hear it, it brings tears to my eyes, not because it's sad, but because it makes me think of my sweet little girl, my mini-dachshund Lindsey. She died 15 years ago. She's been gone longer than I had her, and I have had several wonderful dogs since. Still, somehow she was extra special, and I miss her still. By the way, that's my Lindsey with me in my avatar
Here are the lyrics:
I'm a tiny dog named Dixie.
I have small feet which pitter patter on the linoleum floor.
You can hear my toenails in the middle of the night.
My tag says I belong to the Johnsons but they don't own me they just feed me, they just bought me one day.
And in the middle of the day I sit in the sun and I hear young children call me a wiener-dog perhaps that's what I am - the grammatical term is dachshund and I like that.
I'm thin and I'm proud, no one can make fun of me,
I can slip through the bars of a prison if I were ever incarcerated but I don't know what I would do wrong-my body yields no evil inclination.
I'm a pure weiner dog.
My name is Dixie and I go dancing across the floor in the living room of the Johnson's when everyone is sleeping, sometimes I look for a morsel of food but they are so clean, they are almost anal retentive in their cleanliness habit and there is nothing for me.
But I don't despair because I know tomorrow my Gaines burger will be there and they will unwrap the plastic from them and feed me this succulent dish and I will eat
And oh I've watched the German shepherds with their long necks, their graceful necks dipping into the toilet bowl to drink whenever they want to have a drink of cool water from that well, but I must plead, I must beg, I must whine for Mr. Johnson to put out my bowl or one of the Johnson boys to refill it after I drink it because I am Dixie the dog and I like water.
And in the middle of the night you can see me dancing a small Fred Astaire tap dance with my little toenails, they go click, click,click against the linoleum and I run down the hall and I slide and the back of me goes in front of me-slowly.
I'm long and I'm thin
I'm Dixie the tiny dog and I like it.

Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment Dixie the Tiny Dog · Peter Himmelman The Musings of Someone ? 1991 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Ent...
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@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
5 Mar 19
I didn't think the song was sad. Dixie's kinda got it made. It just reminds me of my girl, that's why it makes me tear up. Dogs have such short lifespans compared to us. Every true dog lover has had her heart broken multiple times.
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@FourWalls (76195)
• United States
6 Mar 19
I can't take sad dog songs. You can blame Red Foley and "Old Shep" for that.
I like upbeat dog songs:

From The Bottle Rockets' 2015 Bloodshot album 'South Broadway Athletic Club' available on CD, vinyl LP, or digital: https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/so...
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@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
6 Mar 19
@FourWalls I bet that's a good one, I have often wondered how a dog could pee so many times. I guess they just ration it out so they can give everything a little squirt. Leaving their pungent calling card.
Gotta love a dog. I'm never without one for long.
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