Old Blue

|_ _ _ | (ad libitum) (Parlé:) It starts with a dog Lives down the Okefenokee Swamp Spend his half a yard chasing raccoon, groundhog, and cottonmouth and moccasins To one day he caught one This dog was so black, he was almost blue And that what it's master called him, he called him "Old Blue" Him and I and Old Blue's master come out in the back porch He cupped his hands 'round his mouth and howls out "Old Blue" Old Blue's big ears come perking up become pounded across the wet "saug", to a degree, big ears flying in the breeze Big paws upon 'round the wet soil Big tongue all hanging out the ground As Tomy jump up in the back porch, knock you down, step in you eyes, Legs all over, put his legs into his friskies Knock you off the bacon soup, bitten you, clawed you, jumped up in your back, bitten your ear off Track maneuvers all over in the kitchen Well I had an old dog and his name was Blue              Well I had an old dog and his name      was Blue         Had an old dog and his name was Blue Bet you five dollars he's a good dog too           Come cry y'all______ Blue______    you good dog__ you__               So______ Blue____-u-ue  you good dog__ you__                                                 Well my old blue was a good old hound You could hear him bugling from miles around               You could hear him hollering loud and clea__-e    -e__-e    -e__-e    -ear__                     Well it sounds like Blue done treed a bear           Come cry y'all______ Blue______    you good dog__ you__               So______ Blue____-u-ue  you good dog__ you__                                     (sifflé:) wouf wouf(sifflé:) wouf    wouf                 |_ |_ | Well Blue chased a possum up a hollow limb Blue chased a possum up a hollow limb Blue chased a possum up a hollow limb Blue growled the possum whined at him           Come cry y'all______ Blue______    you good dog__ you__               So______ Blue____-u-ue  you good dog__ you__                                     Well when old Blue died he died so hard               Shook the ground in my backyard        When I get to heaven the first thing I'll do__-o    -o__-o    -o__-o    -o__                        Gonna grab my horn and call for Blue           Come cry y'all______ Blue______    you good dog__ you__               So______ Blue____-u-ue  you good dog__ you__                                               (sifflé:)  wouf wouf(sifflé:) wouf    wouf                        |_ _ _ |__ |