The song Blue is performed by Peter Paul & Mary in the album named Carry It On in the year 2004 .
{We'd like to sing a children's song for you now, that's unique
It's the only children's song that we've ever encountered
That contains all three of the basic elements
Of every single children's song
The first element is simplicity
So that the child can understand the song
The second element is pathos
To prepare the child for later traumatic experiences
And the third element is repetition
To give the child a false sense of security}
I had a dog and his name was Blue
I had a dog and his name was Blue
I had a dog and his name was Blue
I betcha five dollars he's a good dog, too
Singin' here, ol' Blue, you're a good dog, you
Ol' Blue come when I blow my horn
Ol' Blue come when I blow my horn
A' Blue come a' runnin' through the yella' corn
A' Blue come a' runnin' when I blow my horn
Singin' here, ol' Blue, you're a good dog, you
{What if this song were to be changed?
Modified by an unscrupulous modifier of folks songs
Whose business it is to make this type of song palatable
For the teenage, deliquent, mother-my-dog instinct
And then it would be a rock and roll song
Oh, nasty, unscrupulous modifiler
Now it would sound something, like this}
Hup, two, three, four, five, six, hey!
Well I got a dog and his name is Blue
I betcha five dollars he's a good dog, too
[Incomprehensible]
Well Blue, why did you leave me sweetheart?
Blue, you promised to write
And I, I sit I sit, I sit alone at night now
Sifting sand through my fingers
Looking for some trace of you
Come back Blue, I, I, I
I want you I, I, I need you
And I'm going to have you
Here, Blue
Peter Paul & Mary - Carry It On
- Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime - Peter Yarrow
- Early In The Morning
- 500 Miles
- Lemon Tree
- If I Had A Hammer
- It's Raining
- If I Had My Way
- Autumn To May
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone
- Puff, The Magic Dragon
- This Land Is Your Land
- Gone The Rainbow
- Flora
- Old Coat
- A'Soalin'
- Blowin' In The Wind
- Polly Von
- Stewball
- All My Trial
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- Freight Train
- Paultalk (Live)
- Goodbye Baby - Noel Stookey & The Corsairs
- The Times They Are A Changin' (Live)
- Three Ravens (Live)
- Blue (Live)
- Oh, Rock My Soul (Live)
- When The Ship Comes In (Live)
- Come And Go With Me (Live)
- For Lovin'Me
- Jimmy Whalen
- Gilgarra Mountain
- Wasn't That A Time
- Monday Morning
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Early Mornin' Rain
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Cruel War (2nd Single Version)
- Il Faut Qu'il Vienne Le Temps (If I Were Free)
- And When I Die
- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- For Baby (For Bobbie)
- Hurry Sundown (Single Version)
- Mon Vrai Destin
- Well, Well, Well
- Single Girl - Mary Travers
- The Other Side Of This Life (Live)
- Sometime Lovin' (Live)
- The Good Times We Had (Live)
- Leaving On A Jet Plane
- No Other Name
- The House Song
- The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life)
- I Dig Rock & Roll Music
- The Song Is Love
- Too Much On Nothing
- Moments Of Sort Persuasion
- Hymn
- Day Is Done (Live/Single Version)
- The Marvelous Toy
- Leatherwing Bat
- I Have A Song To Sing, O!
- Going To The Zoo
- Because All Men Are Brothers - with Dave Brubeck
- Follow Me - Mary Tarvers
- Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Noel Paul Stookey
- Coscientious Objector (I Shall Die) - Mary Travers
- Weave Me The Sunshine - Peter Yarrow
- By Surprise
- Canaan Land
- Such Is Love (Live)
- There But For Fortune (Live)
- Wild Places (For Caloola) (Live)
- Right Field
- No Easy Walk To Freedom
- Greenland Whale Fisheries
- El Salvador
- Greenwood
- Children Go Where I Send Thee (Live)
- Light One Candle (Live)
- All Mixed Up
- It Ain't Me Babe
- Pastures Of Plenty (Live)
- The Fox (Live)
- Garden Song (Live)
- the Kid
- Mi Caballo (Live)
- It's Magic
- Don't Laugh At Me
- If I Had A Hammer (Civil Rights March On Washington, 1963)
- Jane, Jane (The Andy Williams Show, 1966)
- If I Had My Way (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 1969)
- Leaving On A Jet Plane - with John Denver (Something To Sing About, 1969)
- The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Live) (The Song Is Love, 1970)
- No Easy Walk To Freedom (Promotional Video, 1986)
- Babylon/On Sinner Man (LifeLines Sessions, 1994)
- Have You Been To Jail For Justice? (Rehearsal Reference, 2003)
- Interviews (1996)