Old Shep

Hi y'all, you either like it, or hate it (the sentimentality)
Recorded by the "King" Elvis. Here's the first part of, "Dead
dogs, Dying Horses and Lost Loves.

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v.1 When //: I was a /lad,and old /Shep was a/

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1 pup /O'er /hills and /mead-ows we'd /roam-- /
  
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1 -- Just a /boy and his /dog we were /
  
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1 both full of /fun We /grew up to /
   
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1 geth-er that /way---/-I re--/mem-ber the /

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1 time at the /old swim-ming /hole, when /

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1 I would have /drowned be-yond /doubt---/

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1 -   /Shep was right /there to the /

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1 rescue he /came he   /jumped in and /

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1 helped pull me /out--- /- 2nd.v so the //

v.2 years rolled a /long, and at /last he grew /
    old his /eyesight was /fast growing /dim,--/
    then one / day the /doc-tor looked /
    at me and /said I /can't do no /more for him/
    Jim-- /-with a /hand that was /trem-bling I /
    picked up my /gun, I /aimed it at /
    Shep's faith-ful /head--/-I*** /just cudn't /
    do it I /want-ed to /run and I /
    wished that they'd /shoot me in- /stead-/
    3. I   //

    went to his /side and /sat on the /
    ground, he /laid his /head on my /knee,-- /
    I /stroked the best /pal that a /
    man ev-er /found I /cried so I /
    scace-ly could /see--- /-- old /
    Shep-pie he /knew he was /going to /
    go for he / reached out and /licked at my /
    hand--- /-he*** /looked up at /me just as /
    much as to /say we're / part-ing, but /
    you un-der- /stand-- /- (To finale) Now //
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old shep is /gone, where the / good dog-gies /
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go and no /more with old / Shep will I /roam-- /
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- but if /dogs have a /heav-en, there's /
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one thing I /know Old /Shep has a /won-der-ful /
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home---/---  //
(code) -5= leave this note out in v.3
       -5* use v.3 word "was" only
        4** leave out in v.2 between "I - aimed"
        4*** & 5*** use v.2&3 words "I" & "he"
Yours Harmusman