Let Me Play with Your Poodle (song)
# Let Me Play with Your Poodle (song)

"Let Me Play With Your Poodle" is a 1942 hokum blues song by the American blues musician Tampa Red. His recording reached #4 on the Billboard "Harlem Hit Parade" in March 1943, after first hitting the chart in December 1942, and the song has been recorded many times since by other artists.

## Other notable recordings

* Bonnie Davis and the Piccadilly Pipers (1946)
* Hank Penny (1947)
* Lightnin' Hopkins (1947) and again in 1969, on his album The Great Electric Show and Dance, which was released in 1970.
* Luke "Long Gone" Miles (with George "Harmonica" Smith) (1962)
* Piano Red (1977, on an album of the same name)
* CeDell Davis (1982, on the compilation album Living Country Blues USA Vol. 5 - Mississippi Delta Blues)
* Dana Gillespie (1982, on the album Blue Job)
* James Cotton (1996, on the Grammy-winning album Deep in the Blues)
* Marcia Ball (1997, on her album Let Me Play With Your Poodle)
* Duke Robillard Band (2011)
* Mark Hummel (2020, on his album Wayback Machine)
