ol' blue

i had a dog and his name was blue

i'll tell you what ol' blue would do

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

he'd go out every night about dark

and it wouldn't be long 'til you'd hear him bark

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

and i'd go out to see what he had

it'd be a great big opossum up a black-jack tree

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

i'd get a stick and i'd knock him down

i'm gonna bake that opossum good and brown

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

ol' blue he died and he died so hard

that he graveled little holes all over the yard

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

i dug his grave with a silver spade

and i lowered him down with a golden chain

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

and when i get to heaven

i'll tell you what i'll do

i'm gonna get my horn and call ol' blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

yeah blue

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