Senath Mo.Class of '58
Old Tyg My Dog
TO
“ALL THE GREAT OLE DOGS”
WE HAD WHEN WE WERE KIDS
Submitted
By
Bob Corley
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MY DOG TYG
THREE YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE DONE
AND I WAS HEADIN HOME AT LAST.
I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT MY DOG TYG
AND THINGS LONG GONE & PAST.
HOW OLE TYG PULLED ME FROM THE CREEK
WHEN I HAD NO PULSE OR BREATH,
AND HOW HE'D SAVED ME FROM THE CHARGING BULL
THAT GORED MY DAD TO DEATH.
AS A KID I'D DREAM OF BEARS
AND TREMBLE TO MY TOES,
TILL OLE TYG WOULD COME UP TO MY BED
AND NUDGE ME WITH HIS NOSE.
AND THEN MY FEARS WOULD MELT AWAY
AND TYG WOULD GO LIE DOWN.
I'D DRIFT ON BACK TO SLEEP
WITHOUT ANOTHER SOUND.
THE BIG BUS STOPPED AND I GOT OFF,
IT WAS AWFUL DARK AND THICK WITH FOG.
THEN SOMETHING GENTLY NUZZLED ME AND
THERE STOOD TYG MY DOG.
I WONDERED IF MY FAITHFUL DOG
HAD MET THE BUS EACH DAY,
AND ALL THE DREARY NIGHTS
SINCE I'D BEEN AWAY.
TO HAVE TYG MEET ME HERE LIKE THIS,
I WAS REALLY GLAD,
CAUSE I HADN'T NEEDED TYG SO MUCH
SINCE THE DAY THEY'D BURIED DAD.
TWO MILES STILL LAY AHEAD
BUT WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW,
A GREAT DAM WAS BEING BUILT
WHERE THE OLD ROAD USED TO GO.
I THANK THE LORD FOR SENDING TYG;
AND I FOLLOWED WHERE HE LEAD,
KNOWING WELL WITHOUT HIS HELP,
THAT I'D BE AS GOOD AS DEAD.
TYG INCHED ALONG THIS WAY AND THAT,
THE GOING ROUGH AND SLOW.
AND I COULD HEAR THE WATER LAPPING
AT THE LEDGES FAR BELOW.
THEN THROUGH THE MIST I SAW A LIGHT
AND MOTHER IN HER CHAIR,
AND I REACHED DOWN TO PAT OLE TYG
BUT HE WASN'T THERE.
I'M THANKFUL MOM YOU HAD OLE TYG
THESE 3 LONELY YEARS.
I OWE MY LIFE TO HIM TONIGHT,
I COULDN'T HELP MY TEARS.
YOU SAY YOU WROTE ME ABOUT THE DAM,
WELL GOD WAS SURE WITH US.
I DIDN'T GET YOUR LETTER MOM
BUT OLE TYG MET THE BUS.
I HATE TO TELL YOU SON SHE SAID,
BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW.
WHEN YOU LEFT IT BROKE HIS HEART …
TYG DIED
THREE YEARS AGO.