Old Dog Blue lyrics

Had an old doggie and i called him blue Listen, i'm gonna' tell you what blue could do Well i grabbed my gun and i blowed my horn I am goin' to catch a possum in the new ground corn Old blue's got a possum up in a tree Well i look up at him, and he looks at me Well i grabbed my gun and i shot him down And old blue picks up possum and he brings him around Now old blue he's a fine old doggie And i'm proud as a peacock he belonged to me But when old blue died he died so old, so hard I dug him a cold grave in my door yard Well i dug blue's grave with a silver spade And i lowered old blue down on a link of chain Now when i get to heaven first thing i'll do Gonna' grab my old bugle and call up blue Come on blue, come on boy... i'm home