You Dog
Unmasking Love's Betrayal: Cab Calloway's "You Dog" Tale
Lyrics
Aw, you dog, you dirty dog,
A playful or teasing expression, calling someone a "dirty dog."
You better stop your sniffing around like that;
Advising the person to stop behaving in a suspicious or inappropriate manner.
I know just what you're driving at!
Asserting awareness of the person's intentions or actions.
Aw, you dog, you salty dog,
Repeating the playful accusation of being a "salty dog."
You sniffing, snapping, yipping, yapping,
Describing the person's behavior as sniffing, snapping, yipping, and yapping, emphasizing their mischievous actions.
Aw, you dog!
Reiterating the playful accusation and expressing exasperation.
They got the news all over town,
Spreading gossip or rumors about the person's involvement with the speaker's wife.
You and my wife been running 'round,
Directly accusing the person of having an affair with the speaker's wife.
Stop it 'fore I mow you down,
Threatening violence if the person does not cease the alleged affair.
Aw, you dog!
Repeating the playful accusation with added frustration.
Deacon Green's been talking, too,
Introducing another character, Deacon Green, who supports the claim of seeing the person with the speaker's wife.
He says that he saw you
Quoting Deacon Green as a witness to the person's inappropriate behavior.
Kiss my wife in the pew,
Describing a specific incident where the person kissed the speaker's wife in church.
Aw, you dog!
Expressing frustration and reiterating the playful accusation.
Aw, you dog, you ornery dog,
Repeating the accusation with an additional adjective "ornery," emphasizing the person's mischievous nature.
You better stop your sniffing around like that;
Repeating the warning to stop suspicious behavior.
I know just what you're driving at!
Reiterating awareness of the person's intentions or actions.
Aw, you dog, you ornery, salty dog,
Combining the playful accusation with "ornery" and "salty," emphasizing the person's troublesome and sly nature.
You sniffing, snapping, yipping, yapping,
Describing the person's behavior using various lively actions, maintaining the accusatory tone.
Aw, you dog!
Expressing frustration and reiterating the playful accusation.
Aw, you dog, you dirty, dirty dog,
Intensifying the accusation by adding "dirty" twice, emphasizing the person's alleged wrongdoing.
You sniffing, snapping, yipping, yapping,
Repeating the lively descriptions of the person's behavior, maintaining the accusatory tone.
Aw, you dog!
Concluding with a final exclamation of frustration towards the person's alleged misbehavior.
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