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Broadway Revival (2015)
The Color Purple Musical - Big Dog Lyrics
"Big Dog" is a song from the Broadway musical The Color Purple performed by Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Mister's Daughters, and Male Ensemble.
MISTER:
There's my field, there's my cattle, there's my men.
FIELDHANDS:
He want his ham hocks hot
And his lemonade cold.
Don't want to hear no lip,
Just do what you told.
Pluck them chickens,
Scrub them pots and pans.
You gonna churn that butter
'Til it cramp your hands.
If you think hard work
Been doggin' you before . . .
Hunh!
Get ready for the big dog!
MISTER:
This my house.
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MISTER & FIELDHANDS:
Fix that
Work!
Broken window
'Fore the
Work!
Rain come in.
You got to
Work!
Kill that rat
With this here . . .
Work!
Rollin' pin.
Humm!
Mop this floor,
Pick up humm!
All this mess.
You know that
MISTER & FIELDHANDS:
Cleanliness
Next to Godliness.
FIELDHANDS:
If you think hard work
Been doggin' you before,
Get ready for the big dog! Hunh!
MISTER & CELIE:
Sweep this barn, nettie go
Milk that cow. To the schoolhouse
Water from the well, get her
Fields to plow. College degree.
Brush my horse. Nettie teachin'
Feed that pig. Her children
Tree to chop, to spell
Ditch to dig. Tennessee.
Fetch them eggs, won't be time
Pitch that hay. For a garden.
Patch the fence,
So the billy no birds
Don't stray. Gonna sing.
Pull the turnips, won't be time
Hose the greens, for my readin'.
Feed the baby goats
'Til the last one weans.
FIELDHANDS:
Get ready for the big dog!
MISTER:
Work!
FIELDHANDS:
Hunh!
MISTER:
Harpo! I warned you about this.
I'm gon' beat you clean to death. Get my belt!
HARPO:
No! Pa!
CELIE:
When i lay me down to sleep
I will say my prayer
MISTER:
You throw your food on the floor,
You eats it off the floor, you little pig.
CELIE:
That god love me so deep,
He will promise our souls to keep
Girl
Daddy, can i have . . .
MISTER:
You get nothin' from me, girl.
And the next one of you says a word gets tied to the
Fence post.
CELIE:
Together.
MISTER:
Bedroom's upstairs.
CELIE:
I say a prayer.
FIELDHANDS:
He like his bath real hot,
Like it 'bout to boil.
You got to rub his feet
With some liniment oil.
Shave his whiskers,
Hope it's understood
That you best not cut him,
Or he beat you good.
If you think hard work been doggin' you before,
Get ready for the big dog! Hunh!
Read more: The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
Big Dog lyrics The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Huckleberry Pie/ Mysterious Ways
Somebody Gonna Love You
Our Prayer
That Fine Mister
Big Dog
Nettie & Lily of the Field
Dear God - Sofia
A Tree Named Sofia
Hell No!
Brown Betty
Shug Avery Comin' to Town
All We Got to Say
Dear God - Shug
Too Beautiful for Words
Push Da Button
Uh-Oh
What About Love?
African Homeland
The Color Purple
Celie's Curse
Miss Celie's Pants
Any Little Thing
What About Love? (Reprise)
I'm Here
The Color Purple (Reprise)
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