Hound Dog Man
Fabian
Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman

Peaked at # 9 in 1959
Fabian Forte's third-biggest hit, the title tune from his 1959 film, co-starring Carol
Lynley. Single b/w "This Friendly World," which charted separately as a Top 15 hit.
Reportedly written to cash-in on the success of Elvis' smash 1956 hit "Hound Dog."


Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man

I'm gonna get me an ol' hound dog
I'm gonna let 'im lead the way
Then I'm gonna turn 'im loose
We'll go huntin' every day
That's the kind of life for me
There's one thing I wanna be, and that's a
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man

I'm wanna get up in the mornin'
a-Yeah, with the risin' sun
I'm gonna stay right on that trail
Till the day is done
I think I am old enough
I'm young in years but I'm mighty tough, a-like a
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man

 I'm lookin' for a girl who'll be waitin' when I come home
 She's gonna meet me with a kiss
 She's gonna be one pretty miss
 And every time I go, she gonna miss-a me more and more
 She's gonna have a tear in her eye, the time's gonna pass so slow

That's the kind of life for me
a-There's one thing I wanna be, and that's a
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man

<instrumental break>

 And every time I go, she gonna miss-a me more and more
 She's gonna have a tear in her eye, the time's gonna pass so slow 

That's the kind of life for me
a-There's one thing I wanna be, and that's a
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound   dog   man
Hound   dog   man
Hound   dog   man