My Grandmother’s Dog Song

Honey, her tits were all but dragging the ground.

She came loping down the mountain and took

the road at a trot. She had pups somewhere

I figured and was hunting her a rabbit. I whistled

but she shortcutted back up into the woods.

Next day, she inched a little closer but when I called,

just as soft as a biddy, she turned tail and scratched up

the ridge. Now tomorrow, we’ll see how she likes a song.

Do you know this one? Old yeller dog come trotting

through the meeting house way down in Alabam …