▁on ▁ordinary ▁paper ▁and ▁without ▁musical ▁notation ▁in ▁the ▁car ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁St ol ler ' s ▁a partment . ▁Sa id ▁Le iber , ▁"' H ound ▁Dog ' ▁took ▁like ▁twelve ▁minutes . ▁That ' s ▁not ▁a ▁complicated ▁piece ▁of ▁work . ▁But ▁the ▁rh yme ▁scheme ▁was ▁difficult . ▁Also ▁the ▁metric ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁was ▁not ▁easy ." ▁According ▁to ▁Le iber , ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁they ▁reached ▁the ▁par king ▁lot ▁and ▁St ol ler ' s ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁P ly mouth , ▁" I ▁was ▁be ating ▁out ▁a ▁rh ythm ▁we ▁called ▁the ▁' bu ck ▁dance ' ▁on ▁the ▁roof ▁of ▁the ▁car . ▁We ▁got ▁to ▁Johnny ▁Ot is ' s ▁house ▁and ▁Mike ▁went ▁right ▁to ▁the ▁piano … ▁didn ' t ▁even ▁bother ▁to ▁sit ▁down . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁cig aret te ▁in ▁his ▁mouth ▁that ▁was ▁burning ▁his ▁left ▁eye , ▁and ▁he ▁started ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁song ." ▁ ▁Le iber ▁and ▁St ol ler ▁along ▁with ▁Johnny ▁Ot is , ▁also ▁wrote ▁a ▁different ▁version ▁to ▁the ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ▁song ▁structure ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁Big ▁M ama ▁Thor nt on , ▁recorded ▁with ▁an ▁alternative ▁ly ric ▁entitled ▁" Tom ▁Cat ". ▁ ▁Big ▁M ama ▁Thor nt on ' s ▁version ▁( 1 9 5 2 ) ▁Thor nt on ' s ▁recording ▁of ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁" help ing