Slim Dusty – That Old Blue Dog Of Mine (Guitar)

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He's old and slow and can't hear too well and he's seen much better days

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He snarls and snaps at the dog who yaps and the pup with his playful ways

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He'll wag his tail when we hit the track, but he's always left behind

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To lay in the sun, too old to run, that old Blue Dog of mine.

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By many a humble dwelling by station homesteads fine

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An old dog fades with dignity, like that old blue dog of mine.

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But he'll never need for a home or a feed for his working days are done

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like an old horse at rest, he's earned the best, he can laze in the winter sun

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Cause he's done the work of six men, with scrubbers, stores, and primes

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Let him dream and sleep for he's earned his keep, that old blue dog of mine

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Known as a silent healer, the best of cattle dogs

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Bought from a shifty dealer and born in a hollow log

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He knew every trick and he learned real quick, understood every word I'd say

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Fast as a whip with his ankle nip and the mob moves along its way

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Old stockmen know that job he has done in opening the outback way

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And they try to show some gratitude now for a debt they can't repay

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By many a humble dwelling by station homesteads fine

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An old dog fades with dignity, like that old blue dog of mine.