Hoot the Dog

Old Hoot was a good old dog
A good old dog in deed
The finest dog there ever was 
Caught every coon he ever treed

Chase anything that had four legs
And catch them most the time
His average was pretty good
So we ate pretty fine

Well Hoot he didn't hear to well 
And it finished him I fear
When he was after a coon one night
And the train he couldn't hear

They had run through brush and brambles
Over hill and over dale
They had run till they could run no more
When he went to cross the rail

We gave him a mighty fine send off
Like no dog ever has
But I'm afraid he went to heaven
Thinking that Raccoon got his ass
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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