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"You Can't Keep a Good Dog Down" is the opening song of All Dogs Go To Heaven. It is sung by Charlie and Itchy to a group of craps playing dogs.

Lyrics:[]

[Intro]
[Charlie, spoken]
Why settle for a couple of bones when you can have the whole bank?
Ha ha ha ha ha!

[Itchy, spoken]
Hey, Charlie!
Charlie, look!
You hit the jackpot!
Oh ho ho
Atta boy, Charlie, I'm proud o' ya!
Charlie, tell 'em!

[Verse 1]
(sung)
Charlie: Oh, you can’t keep a good dog down

Itchy: No sir!

Charlie: No, you can’t keep a good dog down
I’ve seen pain and hurt

Itchy: That's right

Charlie: I’ve eaten dirt

Itchy: That's true

Charlie: It’s hard to buy but even I've been jilted by a skirt!

Itchy: He lies!

Charlie: But look, pal, I’m still around

Itchy: Haha!

Charlie: Cause you can’t keep a good dog down!

[Chorus]
Itchy: Ya can’t keep a good dog down

Charlie: No you can’t!

Itchy: No no no no, you can’t keep a good dog down

Charlie: I’ve been bought and sold

Itchy: He’s been warm and cold

Charlie: But 10 to 1 I’ll still be runnin’ rackets when I’m old

Itchy: Not in some cage in the city pound

Charlie B. Barkin, & Itchy: 'Cause ya can’t keep a good dog
Can’t keep a good
I say ya can’t keep a good dog down

[Verse 2]
Itchy: In him’s the luck of the Irish

Charlie: The pride of the German

Itchy: And even, haha, a bit of Siam

Charlie: Siam? You see the come of the English

Itchy: The charm of the Spanish

Charlie: A pedigree a-certainly ain’t what I am!
So call me a mixed up pup

Itchy: You’re a mixed up pup

Charlie: Haha!
But the only way this pup knows is up!

[Itchy, spoken]
OK, boys! C'mon!
Help me get 'im!
You get his leg
Lift 'im up! C'mon!
Didn't'cha hear the man?
Up! Up! Up!
C'mon!

[Chorus]
(sung)
[CHARLIE & DOGS & All ANIMAlS]
🎶Oh, ya can’t keep a good dog down🎶
(Bow wow wow wow!)
You can’t keep a good dog down
(Bow wow wow wow!)

Itchy: He’s been fat and thin

Charlie: I’ve been out and in

Itchy: He tried a life of virtue

Charlie: But prefer a life of sin!
So tonight, man, we own this town
I’ve known hunger, I’ve known thirst
Lived the best and seen the worst
But the only way I know to finish is to finish first!

[CHARLIE & DOGS & All ANIMAlS ]
So watch out when you hear this sound!

(all of the DOGS howl uproariously)

[CHARLIE & DOGS & ITCHY & All ANIMAlS]
'Cause you can’t keep a good dog
No, ya can’t keep a good
I say you can’t keep a good dog down
You can’t keep a good dog down!

Trivia[]

The song was also included in "MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun" with onscreen lyrics and a bone as a bouncing object.

All Dogs Go to Heaven
Media: All Dogs Go to Heaven | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | An All Dogs Christmas Carol

Characters: Charlie B. Barkin | Itchy Itchiford | Carface Carruthers | Killer | Annabelle | Anne-Marie | Flo | King Gator | Harold | Kate | Sasha La Fleur | David | Red | Belladonna | Bess | Carface's Minions | Thom and Claire

Songs: You Can't Keep a Good Dog Down | Let Me Be Surprised | What's Mine Is Yours | Let's Make Music Together | Hallelujah | Love Survives | It's Too Heavenly Here | Count Me Out | It Feels So Good To Be Bad | On Easy Street | I Will Always Be With You | A Little Heaven | Be Your Own Dog | The Perfect Dog | Take the Easy Way Out | It's Gotta Come from the Heart | Itchin' and a-Twitchin' | When We Hear a Christmas Carol | Puppyhood | I Always Get Emotional at Christmas Time | Clean Up Your Act