Lyrics Flat Dog Blues - John Edmond

Come to the river and fill your old canteen
Your about the dustiest trooper I've ever seen
Lookie over there on the sandbank; looks like a log
But if you look again you'll see it's a big flat-dog.

Come along troopie! forget those flat-dog blues!
Think about the girl back home and your civvie shoes
Come along troopie! you've got nothing to lose!
Only a little bit of time, so forget those flat dog blues!

There he is a lyin' with a crocodile tear in his eye;
smilin' you a crocodile smile as you go by.
reckon if you dare to have a dip in the drink,
You're gonna be a flat-dog cocktail soon I think

Come along troopie! forget those flat-dog blues
Think about the girl back home and your civvie shoes
Come along troopie! you've got nothing to lose!
Only a little bit of time, so forget those flat dog blues!
Come along troopie! forget those flat-dog blues.