The Coyote and the Prairie Dog

 

Now I'm a coyote livin' on the range

Tryin' to do my best to keep from getting' mange

One day when I was out wanderin' around

I came upon a prairie dog town

Down their holes they scurried away

As I came up to them all I could say was

 

Awooo the prairie dog's my brother

Awooo the prairie dog's my brother

'Cause I'm a vegetarian coyote

 

I proposed that we could find a mutual accord

Whereby their trust in me they would and could afford

To spite the wicked hawk on wing that swoops out of the sky

And no more run from shadows of clouds floating by

For this all manner of bug and root and berry

They bring me in a den in which we would be merry

 

Awoo the prairie dog's my brother

Awoo the prairie dog's my brother

'Cause I'm a vegetarian coyote….

At least for a couple of days

 

by Doug Newman

© 1997 Sandthistle Music / ASCAP

 

this is from "Red Beans and Rice and Other Songs of the Dusty Trail" and “The Sandhill Waltz”

and "The Sandhill Waltz". My brother Dwight is singing the

background harmony for the chorus.