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OLD DOG TRAY, 1853

LYRICS

The morn of life is past,
And evening comes at last;
It brings me a dream of a once happy day,
Of merry forms I’ve seen
Upon the village green,
Sporting with my old dog Tray.

Chorus:
Old dog Tray’s ever faithful,
Grief cannot drive him away,
He’s gentle, he is kind;
I’ll never, never find
A better friend than old dog Tray. 

The forms I call’d my own
Have vanished one by one,
The lov’d ones, the dear ones have all passed away;
Their happy smiles have flown,
Their gentle voices gone;
I’ve nothing left but old dog Tray.

Chorus: 

When thoughts recall the past
His eyes are on me cast;
I know that he feels what my breaking heart would say:
Although he cannot speak
I’ll vainly, vainly seek
A better friend than old dog Tray.

Chorus:


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I am webmaster An old English saying goes to the

effect that "if there's no heaven for horses theree's

no heaven for me.

 

Dogs also play an emotional part of of lives.

 

Our Ramona is dog's best friend. While a nurse at the 

Parkland memorial hospital in Dallas she rescued a 

dog from the freeway.

Two years ago she suffered the loss of that dog.

 

Yesterday, she suffered the loss of her beloved dog,

Ginger.

Some years ago I visited her while she was a charge

nurse at the Thomas Beaumont  hospital in Royal Oak,

Michigan.

The dogs were jelous when I was visiting with Ramona

and the all crowed around vieing for her attention.

It was a warm,balmy day and the screendoor was         open

so Ginger ran to the door and started barking. The 

other two dogs rushed to the door and then Ginger

stole silently off to her Master and garnered

Ramonaa's full attention and devotion;

 

Ramona's bond to Ginger was as devoted as the

author was to Old Dog Tray.