# Help identifying title/performer of possible novelty song from the 80s

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**Created:** [January 7, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-title-performer-of-possible-novelty-song-from-the-80s/223273 "2004-01-07T20:01:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-title-performer-of-possible-novelty-song-from-the-80s/223273/1 "2004-01-07T20:01:09Z")

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My husband and I have been trying to figure out the name & performer of a song about which all we remember is two lyric snippets.

We believe it is from the early- to mid-1980s, and was probably a novelty song.

The singer may have had a twangy “country” or southern accent.

The only lyrics we can remember are (approximately):

“Don’t piss me off  
You f\*&@ing jerk”

Or maybe “You piss me off…”

and at some point the singer _maybe_ mentions someone having his pecker in his hand.

OTOH, I remember hearing it on the radio, so the “f\*&@ing” part could well be incorrect.

TIA!!

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**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-title-performer-of-possible-novelty-song-from-the-80s/223273/2 "2004-01-07T20:12:37Z")

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It’s [The Rodeo Song](http://www.lyricsfind.com/lyrics/5084/49900.php) by Showdown.

I think it’s been covered by numerous others though.

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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-title-performer-of-possible-novelty-song-from-the-80s/223273/3 "2004-01-07T20:53:54Z")

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Those lyrics look right, which mean I must have been way off on the time period (90s vs 80s).

Thank you!!

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-title-performer-of-possible-novelty-song-from-the-80s/223273/4 "2004-01-07T21:08:41Z")

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Well…don’t count this as a definitive original recording yet. I know I’ve heard versions of this by David Allan Coe, as well as The Canadians. And I’m not absolutely sure which one came first, but I’m pretty sure I heard this for the first time well before the 90s.

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**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-title-performer-of-possible-novelty-song-from-the-80s/223273/5 "2004-01-07T21:21:44Z")

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I think it was released in the 80’s then rereleased in the early 90’s.

I seem to recall David Allan Coe singing it too, but don’t know if he was the original or a cover.