Discover the story of the song > Walkin’ The Dog – Aerosmith

This song is about a girl named Mary Mack who is dressed in black with silver buttons on her back. She broke her needle and can't sew, so she walks her dog. The singer tells Mary that if she doesn't know how to walk the dog, he will show her. He then encourages her to ask her mother for fifteen cents to go to the circus and see the elephant jump over the fence. The elephant jumps so high that it touches the sky and doesn't return until the 4th of July. The song then switches to the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" and asks how her garden grows with silver bells and little white shells. The song ends with the singer repeating the verse about walking the dog.