"Black Dog" became a staple and fan favourite of Led Zeppelin's live concert performances. It was first played live at Belfast's Ulster Hall on 5 March 1971, a concert which also featured the first ever live performance of "Stairway to Heaven"
The title is a reference to a nameless black labrador retriever that wandered around the Headley Grange studios during recording.
Lyrics
Hey, hey mama said the way you move
Gon' make you sweat, gon' make you groove
Ah ah child way ya shake that thing
Gon' make you burn, gon' make you sting
Hey, hey baby when you walk that way
Watch your honey drip, I can't keep away
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
I gotta roll I can't stand still
Got a flamin' heart can't get my fill
With eyes that shine, burnin' red
Dreams of you all through my head
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Hey baby, whoa my baby, my pretty baby
Darlin' makes 'em do it now
Hey baby, oh my baby, my pretty baby
Move the way you're doin' now
Didn't take too long 'fore I found out
What people mean by down and out
Spent my money, took my car
Started tellin' her friends she gon' be a star
I don't know but I been told
A big legged woman ain't got no soul
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, yeah
All I ask for all I pray
Steady rollin' woman gon' come my way
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
Won't tell me no lies, make me a happy man
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah
Oh yeah
Darlin' makes 'em do it now
Yeah-yeah. yeah-yeah. yeah-yeah
Darlin' makes 'em do it now
Babe! babe!
Wooh, keep doin' it babe
hey
(Busted) hey
(Busted) hey
(Busted) hey
hey, yeah
(Busted) hey, yeah
(Busted) hey, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh-ah
(Well done)
Darlin' makes 'em do it now
Darlin' makes 'em do it now
Songwriters: James Patrick (jimmy) Page / Robert Anthony Plant / John Paul Jones
Black Dog lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc