This song, entitled "Go, dog, go!" lasts less than a minute, but is

full of vivid action. It is based on the calls of a farmer to a dog, and

is astonishingly realistic in its depiction of the commands, signals,

and inflections a farmer uses to give orders to the working dog. The music

is brilliantly arranged—it doesn't bring the farmer, dog, and cows into

the music hall, but rather brings the listener out into the field to

watch and listen to the quick scene.

The commands are ones that any dog owner will be familiar with, "Go,

catch her [the runaway cow], faster, get her, good, drop it, come!" The

music catches the vocal inflections exactly, and perfectly captures the

moment, all in less than one minute. The song also uses the non-verbal

commands, such as a long, rolled "r, " while the instruments depict the

dog running to head off the runaway cow.

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