# Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow--book reference?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [February 14, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-wouldnt-buy-me-a-bow-wow-book-reference/932875 "2021-02-14T05:50:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-wouldnt-buy-me-a-bow-wow-book-reference/932875/1 "2021-02-14T05:50:23Z")

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I’m reasonably sure I read a novel in the last few years where someone was thinking the chorus of “Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow-Wow.” I don’t know the tune for this song, and this chorus runs through my head with annoying frequency as a staccato chant. Any idea in which novel I read this, so that I can look at the paragraph to see what my unconscious mind thinks is so important?

None of the books referencing it in Google Books are it; none of the popular references in the Wikipedia article are it. Prior to searching, I had never seen lyrics to this song. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-wouldnt-buy-me-a-bow-wow-book-reference/932875/2 "2021-02-14T06:40:17Z")

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Time Trap?