Old Dog Blue-Harry Smith

[ti:Old Dog Blue] [ar:Jim Jackson/Joseph Falcon] [al:Shine on Me: Classic American Folk Essentials from Robert Johnson, The Carter Family & More] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Old Dog Blue - Harry Smith [00:01.40]I'm goin' back to where I'm come [00:03.21] [00:05.43]I'm goin' back to where I'm come [00:07.64] [00:09.63]I'm goin' back to Giles county [00:12.03] [00:13.82]My wife died and left me a bounty [00:16.03] [00:18.24]Way them pretty girls ganged around [00:20.30] [00:22.01]That's the reason why I'm goin' to Giles county [00:24.59] [00:26.37]I had an old dog whose name was blue [00:28.52] [00:30.70]You know that blue was mighty true [00:32.94] [00:34.88]You know blue was a good old dog [00:37.13] [00:39.07]Blue treed a 'possum in a hollow log [00:41.22] [00:43.28]You know from that he's a good old dog [00:45.45] [00:47.49]Blue treed a 'possum out on a limb [00:49.68] [00:51.70]Blue looked at me and I looked at him [00:53.76] [00:55.94]Grabbed that 'possum and put him in a sack [00:58.32] [01:00.21]Do fer me blue 'til I get back [01:02.31] [01:04.49]Here ring yeah ring here [01:07.43] [01:08.61]Here ring hey ring here [01:11.63] [01:12.86]Who's been here since I been gone [01:15.06]Little bitty girl with the red dress on [01:17.20] [01:19.39]Who's been here since I been gone [01:21.53]Little bitty girl with the red dress on [01:23.49] [01:25.54]Old blue's feet was big and round [01:27.65] [01:29.68]Old blue's feets was big and round [01:32.13] [01:34.07]Never 'lowed a 'possum to tech the ground [01:36.23] [01:38.34]Me and blue went out on a hunt [01:40.41] [01:42.48]Blue treed a 'possum in a hollow stump [01:44.52] [01:46.66]You know that blue was a good old dog [01:48.89] [01:50.87]Blue treed a 'possum in a hollow log [01:52.97] [01:55.09]You know from that he's a good old dog [01:57.17] [01:59.38]Old blue died and I dug his grave [02:01.68] [02:03.57]I dug his grave with a silver spade [02:05.95] [02:07.79]I let him down with a golden chain [02:09.98] [02:11.79]And every link I called his name [02:14.14] [02:16.31]Go on blue you good dog you [02:18.42] [02:20.46]Go on blue you good dog you [02:22.55] [02:24.71]Blue laid down and died like a man [02:26.93] [02:28.94]Blue laid down and died like a man [02:31.03] [02:33.01]Now he's treein''possums in the promised land [02:35.31] [02:37.31]I'm goin' to tell you this jes' to let you know [02:39.72] [02:41.64]Old blue's gone where the good dogs go [02:43.71] [02:45.82]When I hear old blue bark [02:47.94] [02:50.02]When I hear old blue bark [02:52.66] [02:54.45]Blue's treed a 'possum in noah's ark [02:56.23] [02:58.45]Blue's treed a 'possum in noah's ark