Old Shep





"1st Verse"


WHEN I WAS A LAD, AND OLD SHEP WAS A PUP
OVER HILLS AND MEADOWS WE ROAMED
JUST A BOY AND HIS DOG, WE WERE BOTH FULL OF FUN
WE GREW UP TOGETHER THAT WAY I REMEMBER THE TIME, AT THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE
WHEN I WOULD HAVE DROWNED BEYOND DOUBT
OLD SHEP WAS RIGHT THERE, TO THE RESCUE HE CAME,
JUMPED IN, AND HELPED PULL ME OUT


2nd VERSE


SO THE YEARS ROLLED ALONG, AND AT LAST HE GREW OLD
HIS EYESIGHT, WAS FAST GROWING DIM
THEN ONE DAY THE DOCTOR, LOOKED AT ME AND SAID
I CAN'T DO NO MORE FOR HIM JIM
WITH A HAND THAT WAS TREMBLING, I PICKED UP MY GUN
I AIMED IT AT SHEP'S FAITHFULL HEAD
JUST COULN'T DO IT, I WANTED TO RUN
AND I WISHED THEY'D SHOOT ME INSTEAD


3rd VERSE


I WENT TO HIS SIDE, AND SAT ON THE GROUND
HE LAID HIS HEAD ON MY KNEE
I STROKED THE BEST PAL, THAT A MAN EVER FOUND
I CRIED SO , I SCARCELY COULD SEE
OLD SHEPPIE HE KNEW, HE WAS GOING TO GO
FOR HE REACHED OUT AND LICKED AT MY HAND
HE LOOKED UP AT ME, JUST AS MUCH AS TO SAY
WE'RE PARTING, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND



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OLD SHEP IS GONE WHERE THE GOOD DOGGIES GO
AND NO MORE WITH OLD SHEP WILL I ROAM
BUT IF DOGS HAVE A HEAVEN, THERE'S ONE THING I KNOW
OLD SHEP HAS A WONDERFUL HOME