David Allan Coe - Dakota The Dancing Bear, Pt. 2 Lyrics

I just stopped by to see how many Self Proclaimed David Allan Coe Super Fans misspelled his Name. If you only knew how DAC responded to people in the past, such as DJ's, Booking Agents and such.

Dance dance Dakota Dance all around the country store yodel-ay-hee hoo yodel-ay-hee hoo

COOLSONG

"we awta get down off these motor'sickles"

[Verse 1]
Betty drove the semi, she pulled up to the pump
I thought I wanted a Coca-Cola and I started out on the jump
She said, "Hold it Dave, come quick, there's something you got to see
That man has got a dancing bear tied up to that old tree"

[Chorus 1]
I said, "Dance, dance, Dakota dance all around the country store"
Me and sweet Betty ain't never seen
A bear that could dance before
Well, it's one step, two steps, three steps four
A bottle of soda and he'll dance some more
Dance, dance Dakota dance all around the country store

[Verse 2]
Well, these hippies walked up to the cage
Giving pills to that old bear
I don't know what it was they was giving to him
It had him pulling out his hair
I tried to keep time with the music
Lord with the beat on my tambourine
Gave him some wine from a mason jar and we all began to sing

[Chorus 1]

[Recitation:]
Well, I went out to Los Angeles, California and I saw a semi-truck along the side of the road. It said 'Dakota the Dancing Bear' on the side of it. Now they charged you 50 cents to watch this bear dance around a truck. So I turned to Arl,o and I said "Arlo, we ought to get down off these motorcycles and walk over there and see if that's the same bear that Betty told U.S. about when she was driving the semi-truck for us back in Nashville, Tennessee." So we got down off our motorcycles and we walked over there eaten' our pickles. Now there was four or five hundred thousand of these hippies freaks standing around waiting on a rock festival. It appeared that David Allan Coe, Kris Kristofferson and the Grand FUNK Railroad was playing in town that day and their airplane had got hijacked somewhere over Chicago, Illinois. So it turned out that the people with short hair started throwing rocks at the people that had long hair, and the people with long hair started throwing the rocks back. So we come to find out in California, when they had a rock festival, you was supposed to carry your own rocks. Well, I walked up to the bears cage, and the bear looked at me, and he said: "I know you, you're David Allan Coe, and that's Arlo Guthrie that sings country and western music on jukebox radio and television. And y'all gave me some acid when I was in Nashville, and started me to dance around this truck. And I said: "That's right son, that's why I'm here, because you signed a contract with me, and you owe me twenty percent of all the money you've been making since you've been out here on the road". He said: "Man, I ain't got no money". I said: "What'd you do with it?" He pointed to the next cage, and there was a female bear over there shooting up heroine. And before I could say anything, I turned around and I saw a Greyhound bus, painted black and white, and it said the David Allan Coe show, with the Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy, and the Tennessee Hat Band on the side of it. And their was a woman driving the bus, and sure enough, it was old pusher Betty, and she didn't have no bra on, and she said to me, she said:

[Chorus 2]
"Hey Dave, come here quick
Something you got to see
That man has got a dancing bear tied up to that old tree"
She said, "Dance, dance, Dakota dance all around the country store"
Me and sweet Betty ain't never seen
A bear that could dance before
But, it's one step, two steps, three steps four
A bottle of soda and he'll dance some more
Dance, dance Dakota dance all around the country store

I love this song,but what the hell is it about
A bad acid trip or something

I've said it before and I'll seigh it again , thiers only one Davis Allan Coe!!!

who the fuck is Davis?

fuckin getting played at my wedding when i’m trashed and i’m yelling every lyric on the mic

The legendary Larry Murray originally wrote and sang this one. Larry is an unsung hero of California Country Rock, having led the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers which featured a couple of teenagers named Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon, and Kenny Wertz. Afterwards he was in Hearts and Flowers with Leadon. Larry was later the scriptwriter and producer for the Johnny Cash show.

Sing the chorus on the Wal-Mart floor intercom machine. Then run.

Love dac

Your the best David Alan coe

when i hear this song i think of a bear at rosh farms up here in nepa

that is my name Dakota

I am happy to have the name Dakota now

My mom is literally the real betty

Matt Spann bull shit my betty is the only real betty built in 1954

God bless ol pusher betty

i yell this at tweekers. always fucks with them

Bulldog453 they’ve gotta really bad, there everywhere in my town it’s sad

Ol pusher Betty lol

From the days of pushing rigs.

Boyce Butler I think I met her

@George Gwynn Me to. She sells me weed every week. Lol.

...an she didn't have no braw awn...

Eating our pickles

oh my Christ this issue fucking hilarious

always wondered too, just figured this was a album filler. part 2 now I need to check out the other

I have the album, love the song on Youtube.

Jonathan Malinows ki

I love this song! DAC is the damn man!

David Allan Cole is the best, buddyro !!!

He came to my Mayberry town and played about 15 years ago or so. It was a blast! We was eating shrooms and getting drunk as hell. He said "Goddamn! There aint much around this fuckin' town, but I haven't seen a single fuckin' cop since I been here... You sure I ain't died and playing to a bunch of ghosts in heaven?" lol. We had a blast. George Jones and Lorrie Morgan also played but Coe was the best! He didn't care either, it was a family event but he cussed and said what he wanted. I'm not sure how this town paid or got ahold of them but they showed up and they were all great but like I said, Coe was the best! Lorrie and George just played but didn't interact much, just "heres a song I wrote bla bla bla" Lorrie Morgan did cover "when you say nothing at all" though which was pretty cool

This is part 1....
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - Dakota ( The Dancing Bear )

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - Dakota ( The Dancing Bear )

The original was Kris Kritsopherson

Phil Legg nope , but that'd be alright

WOW, I didn't know that one and I'm a David Allen Coe Fan. Thanks

Bullshit, you just found this clip. If you were a Fan you would know how to spell his name. Some of us have seen a David ALLAN Coe Hissy fit when someone misspells his name.

It's called Dakota ... Part 2, because the original sogn was Dakota the Dancing Bear by Johnny Darrell - its on Youtube too.

I was named after this song

Dakota Minyard lucky man. You coulda done a who lot worse

Dakota Minyard when my wife asked if Elizabeth was ok to name the girl I said... oh yeah...

Dakota Minyard just don't get involved with a drug addict bear and you should be fine

@jeffyjobluegrass Good question, I don't think it exists?

.."4-5 hundred thousand of these hippie freaks standing around waiting on a rock festival" LmAo.

what happened in part I??

@HonestnKind Always ben one of my favorites too since I first heard it way back when this album first cam out. Was living in Louisville KY then. Now I'm in California and we don't hear no DAC out this way.

I discovered this song 18 years ago. It's funny

shady spring, wv loves DAVID ALLEN COE

Now this is a classic! I really wish i could find the 'Just Divorced' albulm on here, it's gotta be one of the best ones ever written for the cause that 99% of married americans experience. I'm only 21 but DAC was drilled in my head at a young age and i don't think i'll ever love any music as much as i do this.

Brandon Hanley I have the just divorce CD but don't know where it is

@MrKK221 im working on it