Sesame Street - I'm A Hard Workin' Dog

[@scoombs3871]

I saw this once about 45 years ago and it's stayed in my head ever since.

[@johnmcgourn9667]

so sad

[@carolSchiffhauernottingham]

Same here

[@davidtenorio7534]

Omg, you're not alone on that one my friend...

[@gracevelyn]

I remember hearing this for the first time 40 years ago...I still hum it!!

[@renekok351]

That's unreal, that's the same with me, must be at least 45 years too, stuck in my head.

[@campion10]

This song has been in my head for 50 years. I was born in ‘71 and had a border collie that was two years older than me so when I saw this as a kid that was my dog out there with the cows.

[@NubianP6]

I have no idea why this popped into my head today after MANY years, but I am so happy to be able to see it again! :)

[@mmctaggart3012]

Same!! I find myself singing this after work a lot! Sesame Street used to be so awesome....

[@jamesmullikin3045]

That little fella was a hard working dog, and loving it...lol

[@edeclark]

Yep. Same. I was taking a shower and all of a sudden I just heard it in my head!

[@cheliibroussard1977]

That’s the same thing that happened to me!

[@TheMessenger1981]

Haha. Childhood memories. Same here

[@mortygirly]

Out of the blue, this song just pops into my head at least twice a year. I don't even have kids

[@evanwilliams6406]

same here.

[@ryanjiii]

Me tol

[@dirttoysdotcom]

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

Same here lol

[@stevegainey6981]

In the early 90s my son was 3-4 years old and I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. Without hesitation and with great sincerity he said “a hard working dog.” True story. Thank you Sesame Street.

[@andrewr5504]

If everyone only followed that path!

[@gracevelyn]

Oh I love this!!!

[@sherryhora9976]

Sesame Street was really the best! They need something like that again for this generation exclamation

[@nancymelkonian4038]

I heard this song in 1983 I was about 9. Found it here in 2024

[@jasonpaz]

I'm glad I'm not thr only person on the world that has this song stuck in his mind

[@sharit7970]

Love it! Just saw a video of a dog who retrieves bats for a baseball team and this song popped into my head from my childhood...waaaaay back in the 70's...forgot all about it till today...thanks for posting!

[@Mary_Kraensel]

I suddenly had this song in my head. It's great to know other people are remembering it randomly 😅

[@deserteacher]

watched this with my daughter, now 25 yrs. remember and love it. thank you sesame street you are always awesome! thanks waccama! i've sung this in my head forever! what talent these guys have!

[@BIGSTEPPER7]

Sung this all of a sudden all day today at work

[@AnnetteTodd]

One of the best Sesame Street videos I can remember....did anybody else love this one too? (I still do.)

[@renekok351]

Yes I did and still do. Haven't heard it for at least 45 years but sing it every now and then, just Pop's in my head when I see a dog working

[@sarahrutherford-bundy6362]

The song is sung by Fred Wardenburg, my step father. He also made this video at his sister's ranch in Wyoming.

[@gingerdurbin1412]

Sarah Rutherford-Bundy Cool!

[@coraggio93]

How wonderful! I LOVE this song and this video! The sort of fun, real, educational stuff I remember on Old School "Sesame Street"!

[@jeankavanagh1485]

Tell him thank you for a lovely childhood memory 🐶💖

[@quarkshake]

I remember hearing this song like it was yesterday.

[@neetvillage]

WOW thank you to your family for this song it's infected my mind from a young age and comes up so frequently what an amazing piece of art

[@patrickgraham3593]

My sister recorded this song off sesame street (audio only) on cassette when i was like 4 or 5. I loved this damn song...1978-79

[@Archaeopteryx911]

Love this so much. It ran through my head 24/7 as a kid.

[@rowenajr]

This is my all time favourite Sesame Street clip!! I think my husband and I liked it better than the kids did :-)

[@fiveorsixgirls]

Me too!! But my kids and I still sing it(they're in their forties!!❤️

[@rebecca8525]

It was one of my mom's favorites, too.

[@wvsissy]

i never tire of this one! i've been singing this song for what, 20-some years? since my 28-yr-old was little, anyway! since wayyyyyy before the internet and youtube---what would we do without the internet?!!! i've been telling my (now 82-yr-old) mom about this clip for years, so i can't wait to show it to her!!

[@LochanKhemraj]

Boi that's was favorite song on sesame street. Wifey heard me singing an asked me where I got that? That's memories 45 yrs ago. The memory lives on .yeah yeah .❤..

[@Snapepet]

I didn't appreciate exactly how beautiful this clip was as a child. Seeing it again today just was amazing. What a beautiful dog. What a wonderful message to send to kids that dogs work, too...and work hard!

[@tpowell453]

My oldest daughter loved this song. It popped into my head today after 30+ years. lol Yay! Good song.

[@JasonBraatzC]

"Ima coww dawg.." --- it's the twang that really made this stick in everyone's head who grew up with it.

[@michaelshields9087]

This song has stuck with me for 30(+) years since I first saw it on Sesame Street. I used to run with my pup in my backyard while singing this tune. Ahhh, man...to still have that type of endless energy...sadly not so much these days. It’s funny how little tunes like this stick with me over so many years. This song randomly popped into my head this morning. After a few hours I decided to look for it on KZbin. Not surprisingly it pooped right up in my search. You can almost literally find ANYTHING on YT if ya wait long enough. Thanks for the upload. I pretty much nailed most of the lyrics from memory. THAT is the true surprise in all of this...because I...let’s just say that I’ve put my brain through the ringer (more than my share of “ringers) since that point in my childhood...yet this song is still with me. Anybody reading this...Cheers! Have an amazing day!!

[@cindyanne11]

I started singing this today while our dog was helping us herd the chickens back into the coop. ^_^ She does a great job!

[@xenoyakozabo]

Thank you so much for posting this. I love it! Sometimes this song will get stuck in my head after seeing some dogs running around hehe

[@Cathalain]

This is definitely 70s. I was about 3 or 4 when I first saw this and I was born in '72. :D This was one of my many, many favorites!

[@daviddpb75]

27 years later this is still Awesome, Thanks for sharing! Sounds like arlo guthrie.

[@Timmmay13]

Let's add another 13 years and I agree. It does sound like Arlo Guthrie.

[@Kur10usity]

OMG I LOVE this!! I remember seeing this on Sesame Street as a kid. Thank you for uploading this!

[@kampkat6089]

I used to watch this on Captain Kangaroo. I sing it often. Have watched it in decades. ❤🐾

[@energyhands]

It’s the best one of the most memorable Sesame Street ditties that honors a profession and the all around value of dogs !

[@joeblogs8204]

i have sung this chorus ever since i heard it as a kid! 50 now and found it again!

[@DontCallMeChrissy]

The dog looks like he would sound like the singer signing the song. I could watch these Sesame street old videos all day long!!!!

[@michigandon]

FINALLY! I've been wanting this movie to show up on Da Tube for ages now. My older brother actually had to get an Austrailian Shepherd on account of this clip. God Bless you wattamack!

[@boomchuckaboom]

I believe this is a border collie, a very popular dog for herding sheep and cattle on ranches. Thanks for posting, reminds me of the good old days watching Sesame Street, and growing up in the country!

[@lawngjawn9982]

*"I'm a dog, I'm a working dog, I'm a hard working dog"* 🎶

[@88dancingbear]

Thanks so much! I used to watch this with my granddaughter a lot! You tube is wonderful!

[@Mobee211]

I remember this one! It was played in the mid 80s when I was a wee babe.

[@Hadra568]

"take 100 cows and teach them some manners" made me giggle

[@IAA20HWPO]

This is from the 70s, I can remember watching it as a kid. Great post...

[@CelesteK]

This just makes me smile. :)

[@barlytone01]

i've actually been waiting for this clip to arrive. funny how things from sesame street stick with you. whenever i moved to oklahoma and inherited three dogs, i always sang this song when watching them run around. crazy.

[@austincde]

😂 oh great this song's going to be stuck in my head forever now

[@Nightmastercool97]

great this came on when i was a little old for Sesame Street but i still enjoy it.

[@tennytenbob]

been looking for this clip for so long classic sesame street .

[@mpm1125]

I love this! Thank you for uploading this!

[@SuperfanDK]

That reminds me of my family's cattle dog on our farm here in iowa

[@cj222100]

This was one of my favorite segments ever on Sesame St when I was a kid. I'm nearly 40 now, haven't seen this since probably the mid 80s

[@timobrien8809]

this song has been stuck in my head today !! :-)

[@HarleyRider-th7kv]

Tim O'Brien Mine too! I had to play it.

[@VegasLass]

This is the best of SS! Well, this and the Stockard Channing shorts. THANKS FOR POSTING!!!

[@scrilla51]

I catch myself singing this tune every now and then and my teenage kids look at me like I've lost my mind! They are like where in the heck did you get that song? I tell ya, the younger generation just don't know what they missed back in the day..LOL

[@pegramgal]

Among several others (i.e. Ladybug Picnic), I probably sing this in my head every week at some point.

[@dee8160]

Played in the Piedmont style.

[@p159140]

I have sung this song all of my life and consider it my theme song. While I know I do not measure up to the Border Collie. I am not the smartest of all dogs, I just don't give up. Tenacious, extremely energetic, athletic, and driven. I follow directions to a tee,even anticipating the next command with a ceaseless desire to please. My brain needs to be kept busy, constantly working, moving and learning, I am an overachiever. I must excel. A working dog needs a job.is something I must be doing In fact, if you don't keep this breed constantly moving, learning, and working, he will find his own way to keep busy. I see that now after 67 years.

[@BizzarreProductions]

Haven’t seen this since I was little in the mid 90s, but through adult eyes I gotta say that’s one happy, healthy dog.

[@documentmedic9385]

Sometimes I sing the refrain of this song to my dogs, except I change the lyrics to "You're a dog, you're a lovin' dog, you're a sweet lovin dog!" 😊

[@CaveSloth666]

my favorite as a kid. thanks for posting!

[@garrethayes4083]

Yeah it's still a good one 😁.forty something years after I first heard it.

[@rocknroller111]

I noticed you changed the date on the clip from the '70s to the'80s. I think you were right the first time. :)

[@rocknroller111]

The version on volume 2 is the full version with the "french poodle" verse.

[@MsPandaRosa]

He has a great voice! Bet he loved dogs too, how could he not? That dog is just so sweet, running around like that.

[@jtomally9681]

Oh my gosh. I forgot about this one too.

[@isaboteur2562]

My sister just sent me this. I remember it from when I was a kid. Too cute!🤩

[@club921]

One of my kids' and our favorite episodes. Love that dog

[@rocknroller111]

YES!!!!!! Thank you.

[@teee2]

And wham..I'm right back in my childhood!

[@monicalabelle1812]

Got this song in my head lately... "All I know how to do is take a hundred cows and teach'em some manners."

[@minnieciaminniewinston9064]

I was just thinking about this song 🎵

[@JCLII]

The first and only time I ever saw this I was tripping on acid. I still find myself singing it to myself at times... 15 years later.

[@ScythianMom]

@ranchroper1974 - That's my favorite part, too! I loved watching this with my kids when they were little and like everyone else, it's stayed with me...

[@Pocockable]

This sketch is actually from 1975, from the premier episode of Season 7. It's on the Old School Volume 2 DVD set.

[@jahnkekong]

I've been looking for this as a clip for ages. The version I remember had a labrador retriever swimming around in a pool if my memory serves me right. Anyone else remember this? I'd love to see the other versions posted. Hard to believe how much this song stuck with me.

[@linoleluminum2017]

Seems like I remember there was a verse about "ain't no poodle dog"

[@joshuaclay3751]

Not only is he a hard working dog but he can sing as well im impressed

[@budbundy5021]

Got love the Australian shepherd

[@worshipbits]

This is a memorable song, with many applications to one's own life. I remember it from decades ago -- thank you so much for finding it and posting it. I thought I remembered that the dog said, "I even heard there was such a thing as a LAP dog" -- have I rewritten history or was there possibly a longer version with another verse?

[@jenniffer9034]

My sesame street favorite song!!!

[@sarumitai]

The lyrics are stupid now, but I sing it all the time after listening to it 25+ years ago. Whenever I see a dog I start humming the tune.

[@katjiastrachan5545]

This is my favorite song

[@Smartboy8877]

@Dekobee I noticed that one of the suggestions presented to me on the right-hand side of my screen is this in full-version. I plan on watching it next. Maybe that is the one from 1976-79. This could be a shortened version from the 80's.

[@ItsSusieQue96]

My friend Lee Swimmer used to do this song in a raspy blues...it was so great...

[@nalberto356]

Ahhhh the memories

[@Hotmessinthecity]

My dad used to sing this to as a little. girl

[@LittleJerryFan92]

I do.I'll post it eventually.

[@raakone]

I thought there was also a part about "French poodles", where the dog said "Me, I'm an A American cow dog!" ~Ra'akone

[@Nightmastercool97]

Now i think there is a clever line in here that says as follows "Now Some dogs will fetch a stick others will roll over I even heard of a dog that could shake your hand. All i Know how to do is get a bunch of cattle together and teach them some manners".

[@matthewexcelsimmons7688]

My father was a LAPD SWAT officer. He would come home tired and he would sing this song coming inside the house lol

[@quandaledingle3812]

My dad songs this to us all the time (I’m 16) and he loves this song

[@actuary33]

I've had this song in my head for days not knowing where it came from...god bless KZbin!

[@babbler32]

Who sings this?

[@mormonhobbit3848]

I loved this as a kid. Funny thing is I have a 10-yr-old Border Collie (Jack) just like this one in the clip. I live in the suburbs so we never had to train Jack to herd any cattle, but I think the herding thing is inborn. Every time my nieces come over & they play outside, Jack has to watch them from inside (like a sheepdog). Anytime someone isn't home (but everyone else is) he has to go looking for them, like a shepherd who lost a sheep! :)

[@sherryhora9976]

Me too! LOL I'm still laughing

[@menslady125eif2590]

Aww, I wuv dogs.

[@Marbles471]

Sorry man, this is definitely the '70s. It appears in the 1974 episode that aired on Noggin a few years ago. So it dates from at least 1974, although of course since this is Sesame Street it's impossible to pinpoint exactly when something was shot. I'm not sure why mstatz would think otherwise...

[@geraldwoodardiii4060]

Damn this brings back memories of my childhood.

[@coraggio93]

Let's hear it for dogs like the one in this fantastic "Sesame Street" video and for service dogs for people who are disabled...!

[@loveutoto]

I remember an episode where a clip of Madeline Kahn appeared right after this song. She said, "Wow, that's really a hard-working dog! I wonder what he gets paid?"

[@joaniesoprano]

memories...😊

[@bloomcow]

I originally saw the shortened version of this in "Sing, Hoot & Howl." Soon I saw the full version in an episode of "Sesame Street."

[@nekro6661]

OK so I'm 20 years old, drunk at 5 in the morning watching a sesame street video about dogs wondering how the hell i got here.....

[@mpm1125]

My mom was singing this yesterday.

[@ford9572]

@Pockackble, Yes, This was filmed about 8 miles outside of St. Regis, Montana, My Dad is actually best friends with the guy who owns this ranch and so he did almost all of the filming.

[@julesjkr]

I'm 20 years old, and the last time I heard this was probably 15 years ago. Had "I'm a hard working dog" stuck in my head and couldn't figure out from where/what it was... Sesame Street Sing-Along VHS :)

[@rocknroller111]

I don't remember the poodle version. This is the one I remember. If anyone posts the poodle version, I'll definitely check it out though.

[@catr1761]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXinkHpjoqqSpZY

[@LittleJerryFan92]

No this actually iss from the 80's.I thought it was 70's at first till Mstatz corrected me.