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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". My brother Dwight is singing the
background harmony for the chorus.