Old Dog Blue

I'm goin' back where I come
I'm goin' back where I come
I'm goin' back to Giles County
My wife died and left me a bounty
With them pretty girls ganged around me
That's the reason why I'm goin' to Giles County

Had old dog whose name was Blue
You know Blue was mighty true
You know Blue was a good old dog
Blue treed a possum in a hollow log
You know from that he's a good old dog
Blue treed a possum out on a limb
Blue looked at me and I looked at him
Grabbed that possum, put him in a sack
Do for me, Blue, till I get back

Hear it ring, hear it ring, yeah
Hear it ring, hear it ring, yeah
Who been here since I been gone?
Little bitty girl with the red dress on
Who been here since I been gone?
Little bitty girl with the red dress on

Old Blue's feet was big and round
Old Blue's feet was big and round
Never allowed a possum to touch the ground
Me and Blue went out on a hunt
Blue treed a possum in a hollow stump
You know Blue was a good old dog
Blue treed a possum in a hollow log
You know from that he's a good old dog

But old Blue died and I dug his grave
I dug his grave with a silver spade
I let him down with a golden chain
In every link I called his name
Go on, Blue, you good dog, you

Go on, Blue, you good dog, you
Blue laid down and died like a man
Blue laid down and died like a man
Now he's treed a possum in the Promised Land
I'm gonna tell you this to let you know
Old Blue's gone where the good dogs go

When I hear old Blue bark
When I hear old Blue bark
Blue treed a possum in Noah's Ark
Blue treed a possum in Noah's Ark