# Obscure cartoon question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 30, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382 "2000-07-30T00:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/1 "2000-07-30T00:37:55Z")
Something that’s bugging me - some of the Tex Avery cartoons towards the end of his career had a laid-back wolf with a southern accent. The character sounds like it was voiced by Daws Butler using a voice almost identical to that he would later use for Huckleberry Hound. It is NOT the same wolf character Avery used in “Swing Shift Cinderella” and so on. This wolf, in particular, appeared in a Droopy Dog cartoon where Droopy Dog was a sheepherder (NOT the range war one with the cattle - that was a different wolf). He appeared in a few others, as well. He was the farmer in the one about the little billy goat that ate up everything in sight. This wolf ambled slowly on to the screen, and whistled a little tune all the time: 1. WHAT is that tune? 2. Did the wolf have a name? ---
**Author:** ![tomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tomas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomas)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/2 "2000-07-30T04:10:32Z")
If I’m on the same page, I can see him shuffling with a straw hat and overhauls, and was he whistling “Dixie”? This character was truly a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/3 "2000-07-30T04:53:07Z")
Do you mean [this wolf](http://www.scottfortney.com/Sound/Cartoons/coolman.wav)? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/4 "2000-07-30T14:27:13Z")
Yeah, that’s him. Even in that snippet, you can catch the resemblance to Huckleberry Hound. I found that .wav, too. Too bad we couldn’t find one of the tune he was always whistling. It’s not “Dixie”, although it’s something of about that ilk. The Droopy Dog I referred too was apparently titled “Sheep Wrecked”. My calling him a separate character from the other Avery wolves may be a matter of opinion, also. I think Avery may have collectively considered the whole bunch “the wolf”, as they were all drawn similarly. However, there were several distinct personalities in different cartoons, and I’m after the “Southern” one, not the “Western” one which also turned up in Droopy Dog, or the “urban sophisticate” one which turned up in “Swing Shift Cinderella”. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/5 "2000-07-30T19:37:49Z")
Dand, I know the tune you’re asking about and I’ve got it in my head now, but damned if I know the name of it. Here is the IMDB listing for[Sheep Wrecked](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0052189), perhaps someone can track down the tune from some of the info there? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/6 "2000-07-30T21:08:35Z")
I don’t remember the cartoon, but I have a couple of guesses (with MIDI files) - [Arkansas Traveler?](http://www.contemplator.com/america/arkansas.html) [Turkey in the Straw?](http://www.night.net/kids/midi/turkey.mid) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/7 "2000-07-30T23:26:12Z")
No, no…if I’m thinking of the same thing as the OP it was a slow plodding song. (Man, I can totally hear it in my head, too.) Doot, do-doot. Doot-doot. Doot-doooo-doot. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doot. Doot-doooooooooooooooo, doo-dooooooo. (Isn’t that helpful!!! HA!) Sorta mournful and southern sounding…along the lines of “Old Man River” or something a slave would sing. Does this make any sense? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/8 "2000-07-31T00:45:27Z")
I think it’s more like doot-do, doot-do, doot-do-doo-do-do-do doot-do doooo-do-doooooo, VV. (Boy do I feel silly typing that.) ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/9 "2000-07-31T01:36:37Z")
I rendered a quick MIDI of what I remember from it: [http://www.anet-stl.com/~mrmann1/wolf.mid](http://www.anet-stl.com/~mrmann1/wolf.mid) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/10 "2000-07-31T02:11:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skwerl \* > \*\*I rendered a quick MIDI of what I remember from it: > [http://www.anet-stl.com/~mrmann1/wolf.mid](http://www.anet-stl.com/~mrmann1/wolf.mid) \*\* That’s IT, except slower and one of the notes toward the end is higher! (As I remember it.) ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/11 "2000-07-31T02:25:40Z")
Certainly good enough for discussion purposes, skwerl. Thanks. Speaking from memory, I’d put a different flourish at the end, and the wolf whistled it at a slower tempo. Now it can drive other people nuts, too. ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/12 "2000-07-31T02:55:00Z")
I was afraid of that, so I slowed it down and changed the ending to another one I was thinking of…but there’re some more tones at the end that I just can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/13 "2000-07-31T03:00:12Z")
EDC-E-E-G-G-highE-highE-highD-highC- ---
**Author:** ![Katie\_Scarlett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Katie\_Scarlett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katie_Scarlett)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/14 "2000-07-31T03:32:48Z")
Isn’t that “My Old Kentucky Home”? It’s definately a Stephen Foster song… ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/15 "2000-07-31T03:43:45Z")
It’s not “My Old Kentucky Home” judging by this MIDI: [http://pdmusic.org/foster/scf53a.mid](http://pdmusic.org/foster/scf53a.mid) Thanks, samclem…It’s been years since I’ve seen that wolf, and I was way off. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/16 "2000-07-31T04:02:19Z")
Drat! This new computer doesn’t have a MIDIwriter like my old one…can I DL one for free somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/17 "2000-07-31T04:22:16Z")
I bought the soundtrack to Ken Burn’s Civil War. It has a faster pace version of that song called Kingdom Coming. I’m pretty sure that’s the one you’re looking for. (I wish you had posted this two weeks ago. I was taping old cartoons for a friend and this was one of the eps. Unfortunately, it’s already been taped over.) ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/18 "2000-07-31T04:34:32Z")
Apparently also called “Year of Jubilo”. That’s it. Thank You! ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/19 "2000-07-31T04:35:45Z")
I think we have a winner! And here’s a page with that song as the background MIDI: [http://www.modempool.com/mrsabe/kindomcom.html](http://www.modempool.com/mrsabe/kindomcom.html) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382/20 "2000-07-31T04:40:26Z")
AAAAAAAAAAHHHH! YES! That’s it! Thank you! [http://pdmusic.org/work/hcw62c.mid](http://pdmusic.org/work/hcw62c.mid) (hope that’s the right link) PS, the wolf whistled it much slower, lol [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-cartoon-question/27382.md?page=2)