Traditional
Song: Ol' Blue
I had an old dog and his name was Blue,
Betcha five dollars he's a good dog too.
Every night just about good dark,
Blue goes out and begins to bark
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.

Blue chased a possum up a 'simmon tree,
Barked at the possum and grinned at me.
Chased that possum way out on a limb,
Blue sat down and he talked to him
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.

Blue got sick, he got mighty sick,
Called for the doctor to come right quick.
The4 doctor come and he come in a run,
But he said old Blue your huntin's done.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.

Old Blue died and he died so hard,
He shook the ground in my back yard.
I dug his grave with a silver spade,
And lowered him down with a length of chain.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.

There's just one thing that troubles my mind,
Blue went to heaven and left me behind.
When I get to heaven, first thing I'll do,
Is get my horn and call for Blue.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.
Here old Blue, you're a good dog you.


Another variant

Artist: The Cumberland Trio
Album:
Song: Old Blue


Had a dog and his name was Blue
Had a dog and his name was Blue
Had a dog and his name was Blue
Betcha five dollars he's a rounder too

Blew my whistle and I tooted my horn
Gonna get a possum in the new ground corn
Blue chased a possum up a 'simmon tree
Possum said, "Blue better look at me"
Well, I baked that possum golden brown
Laid them sweet potatoes all around
Cryin' yonder, Blue, you good dog you

Blue, what makes your eyes so red
Blue, what makes your eyes so red
Blue, what makes your eyes so red
Chase that possum till I'm almost dead

Old Blue died and he died so hard
Old Blue died and he died so hard
Old Blue died and he died so hard
Shook the ground in my back yard
Cryin' yonder, Blue, you good dog you

Dug his grave with a silver spade
Dug his grave with a silver spade
Dug his grave with a silver spade
Lowered him down with links of chain
Every link and I call his name
"Blue-ue-ue, you good dog you"

When I get to Heaven first thing I'll do
When I get to Heaven first thing I'll do
When I get to Heaven first thing I'll do-oo-oo-oo
Grab my horn and call for Blue
Old Blue-ue-ue-ue