"Walkin' the Dog" is a song written by Shelton Brooks in 1916. Written for the Dancing Follies of 1916, its chorus is: Get way back, and snap your fingers, Get over Sally, one and all, Grab your gal, and don't you linger Do that slow-drag 'round the hall. Do that step, the "Texas Tommy" drop, Like you're sitting on a log, Rise slow, that will show, The dance called Walkin' the Dog.