For a song about being out in the woods while under the threat of a wolf attack, it sure has a bouncy carefree feel to it. Jerry Garcia's pedal steel guitar sounds even happier than it did on CSNY's Teach Your Children. This is yet another Dead tune that mentions card games; eg, Loser, Deal, Doin That Rag, and drinking; eg, Brown eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Jack Straw. The Dire Wolf is scary and menacing, and he will probably murder the narrator. Oh well, c'est la vie. My favorite lines: "I sat down to my supper, 'twas a bottle of red whiskey" and "I cut my deck to the queen of spades but the cards were all the same."
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