Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I miss you, you were my friend
Three years of army service done and I was home at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long gone How old Tige pulled me from a creek when I had no pulse or How he saved me from the changin' bull that gored my dad to
As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my Till old Tige up to my bed and nudge me with his nose Then my fears would melt and Tige would go lie down I'd drift on back to sleep without another
The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful dark and with fog Then something nuzzled me and there stood Tige, my dog I if my faithful dog had met the bus each day And all the dreary winter nights since I'd been
Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was glad 'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so since the day they've buried dad Too long miles still lay ahead, but I didn't know A Dam was being built where the old road used to go
I think the Lord was sending Tige and I where he led well without his help that I'd be good as dead Tige inched along way and that going rough and slow And I could hear the a lappin' at the ledges far below
Then through the mist, I saw a light and mother in her And I reached down to pet old Tige, but he wasn't I'm thankful mom, you had old Tige these three lonely I owe my life to him, tonight I couldn't my tears
You say you wrote me 'bout the Dam God was sure with us I didn't get your letter Mom but old met the bus I hate to tell you son she but now you've got to know When you left it broke his heart, Tige died three ago
You were my friend