Dead Doggy

a song—blues—key of Em

i had a little doggy

the bestest god you’ve ever seen

yeah, i had a little doggy

the bestest dog you ever did see

but then she grew up over

and God took her ‘way from me

we buried her in winter

underneath a maple tree

yeah, we buried her in winter

underneath the maple tree

the ground was hard a frozen

but my daddy dug three feet deep

well, my sister said a prayer

and her boy didn’t make a sound

yeah, my sister said a prayer

and her boy didn’t make one sound

then my mamma took a wind chime

and hung it from a drooping bow

we went inside to dinner

but the house was dead and drab

boy, we went inside to dinner

but the house was so dead and so drab

the baby sat there crying

‘cause he had no tail to grab

i had a little doggy

the bestest god you’ve ever seen

yeah, i had a little doggy

the bestest dog you ever did see

but then she grew up over

and God took her ‘way from me