Had an old doggie and i called him blue
Listen, i'm gonna' tell you what blue could do

Well i grabbed my gun and i blowed my horn
I am goin' to catch a possum in the new ground corn

Old blue's got a possum up in a tree
Well i look up at him, and he looks at me

Well i grabbed my gun and i shot him down
And old blue picks up possum and he brings him around

Now old blue he's a fine old doggie
And i'm proud as a peacock he belonged to me

But when old blue died he died so old, so hard
I dug him a cold grave in my door yard

Well i dug blue's grave with a silver spade
And i lowered old blue down on a link of chain

Now when i get to heaven first thing i'll do
Gonna' grab my old bugle and call up blue

Come on blue, come on boy... i'm home