Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog

"Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog"
Song by Johnny Cash
from the album Everybody Loves a Nut
Released1966 (1966)
Genrecountry, novelty
Length2:05
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jack Clement[1][2]
Audio
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"Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog" is a song written by Jack Clement and originally recorded by Johnny Cash on Columbia Records for his novelty album Everybody Loves a Nut, released in 1966. Cash notably performed the song at Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968, and it appears on his live album At Folsom Prison released later that year.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.
  2. ^ John L. Smith (1 January 1985). The Johnny Cash Discography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-24654-8.
  3. ^ Billy Edd Wheeler (2002). Real Country Humor: Jokes from Country Music Personalities. august house. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-87483-652-3.
  4. ^ Steve Turner (1 November 2005). The man called Cash: the life, love, and faith of an American legend. Thomas Nelson Inc. ISBN 978-0-8499-0815-6.
  5. ^ "Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved 2019-01-16.