How Much Is That Doggie in the Window-Patti Page But they had the right idea with this song: a dog as a cure for heartbreak. This group was an hit in the 1960’s, perhaps more for their cuteness than musical ability. That may be, but without a dog singing the chorus*, it’s just any old blues tune. Without the lyrics, one could argue that this song isn’t really about a dog. Nilsson wrote plenty of whimsical songs, but nothing quite as wistful as this one he sings that having a dog would be the key to happiness. Young wrote this song about his traveling buddy, a hound name Elvis, who went out on the road with him for many years.
Martha was Paul McCartney’s Old English Sheepdog, and probably the inspiration for the song.
This is a pretty straightforward love song to his dog, whose love is something he can count on: “I love my dog as much as I love you, but you may fade, my dog will always come through.” Here are 29 songs about our canine BFFs, including some tunes you probably didn’t know were written about a dog.
Shakespeare said, “If music be the food of love, play on.” He probably wasn’t thinking about dogs when he wrote that line, and yet countless songs celebrate the love, and even the heartbreak, of living with a dog.
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