VAUGHN MONROE AND HIS ORCHESTRA VOCAL BY VAUGHN MONROE HOUND DOG, BAY AT THE MOON LAY BACK YOUR LONG EARS SING US THAT TUNE LIFT UP YOUR LONG HEAD AND BAY AT THE MOON HOUND DOG, BAY AT THE MOON. MY CROPS ARE ALL RUINED AND MY 'TATORS HAVE ROT NO CORN IN THE BIN AND NO BEANS IN THE POT AIN'T NO KIND OF TROUBLES THAT I HAVEN'T GOT HOUND DOG, BAY AT THE MOON GOT HOLES IN MY SOCKS AS BIG AS A BARN CAN'T SEW THEM UP CAUSE THE DARN THINGS WON'T DARN CAN'T SEW THEM UP CAUSE THE DARN THINGS WON'T DARN HOUND DOG, BAY AT THE MOON (AN ORCHESTRAL INTERVAL. THEN;) MY HOUND DOG IS WEARY HIS COAT HAS TURNED GREY NOW ALL HE'S GOOD FOR IS TO SCRATCH FLEAS AND BAY NOW ALL HE'S GOOD FOR IS TO SCRATCH FLEAS AND BAY HOUND DOG, BAY AT THE MOON LIFT UP YOU LONG EARS AND SING YOUR SAD TUNE LAY BACK YOU LONG EARS AND BAY AT THE MOON HOUND DOG, BAY AT THE MOON HOUND DOG, BAY AT THE MOON.