Jim Reeves - Old Tige Lyrics
(Tige you were faithful, faithful to the end)(Tige how I miss you, you were my best friend)Three years of Army Service done and I was headin' home at lastI got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long gone pastHow old Tige pulled me from a creek when I had no pulse or breathHow he saved me from the changin' bull that gored my Dad to death.As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my toesTill old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his noseThen my fears would melt away and Tige would go lie downI'd drift on back to sleep without another sound.The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful dark and thick with fogThen something gently nuzzled me and there stood Tige my dogI wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus each dayAnd all the dreary winter nights since I'd been away.Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was really glad'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they've burried DadToo long miles still lay ahead but what I didn't knowA giant Dam was being built where the old road used to go.I think the Lord was sending Tige and I followed where he ledKnowing well without his help that I'd be good as deadTige inched along this way and that going rough and slowAnd I could hear the water a lappin' at the ledges far below.Then through the mist I saw a light and mother in her chairAnd I reached down to pet old Tige but he wasn't thereI'm thankful Mom you had old Tige these three lonely yearsI owe my life to him tonight I couldn't help my tears.You say you wrote me bout the Dam well God was sure with usI didn't get your letter Mom but old Tige met the busI hate to tell you son she said but now you've got to knowWhen you left it broke his heart Tige died three years ago.(You were my best friend.)...
