Old Brown Dog

That old brown dog sleeps in the rain, Amin

Unless the sun has shone.

That old brown dog is all alone, Amin

Since Old Bill been gone. And sleeping in the rain

Only gives a dog a bad name. Amin

If Bill were alive

Well I know he would decide

To have the same thing done.

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That old brown dog he smells so bad, Amin

Say the people from the town.

That old brown dog is almost lame, Amin

Someone should put him down.

It would be an act of kindness,

You know it's for the best. Amin

You bring a rope, bring a gun,

And it'll all be over

Before the dog can guess.

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Could an old brown dog have become wise Amin

Guessed they were all after him.

His hearing was failing, and his eyes Amin

Were fast growing dim.

On the day they came to kill him

He sensed a rabbit on a log. Amin

Did anybody see a rabbit

Chased across the meadows

By an old brown dog.

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That old brown dog, tail wagging, Amin

As he laid himself down.

It did not seam to matter, Amin

That the rabbit had long gone to ground.

And there in the summer heat,

His old heart ceased to beat. Amin

And high above the meadow

The skylarks singing

As the spark went out.