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Lament of a Dog Gone
Lament Of A Dog Gone
The rain fell hard, the wind blew fast
The moon had hid from view
And still she howled up on the hill
Where she had last seen you
She stayed up there# on top of hill
Since the day you went to war
She stayed through suno she stayed through rain
Her health had grown so poor
She would not eatp nor would she sleep
But wait for your return
Until about three weeks ago
I had not seen of her
Then she came home, she did not moan
But lay beside your rocking chair
She seemed at ease, she had found peace
She seemed content to wait
She seemed to know the day would come
The day of your return
Two weeks ago I got a note
I knew before I read
No day would come when you'd return
I knew son, you were dead
As I read I moaned a moan, the dog looked up at me
She's gone now son, I guess she must have known
Because that night as I lay in bed
I could hear her mournfull cry
It seemed to echo just like words
Saying, "Why did master die"
The rain came down, the wind it blew
I heard her crying son
For you
One morning I went out to see
If she would come to eat
I found her son, on top of hill
With your old hat down at her feet
She lay there son, she did not move
So thint so sick, so lonely
I picked her up, I brought her home
I made a wooden box
I buried her sont up on the hill
So she can wait for you
And now on nights, when the wind does blow
And the moon is hid from sight
I can hear the echoes of her cries
She will not leave her plight
I know now son, the love she felt
For one so dear as you
She'll rest no more on the hill my son
Till dark of night is through
She'll rest no more on the hill my son
Untill peace has come to you
