Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I miss you, you my best friend
Three of army service done and I was headin' home at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long past How old Tige pulled me from a when I had no pulse or breath How he saved me from the changin' bull gored my dad to death
As a kid I'd dream of and tremble to my toes Till old Tige come up to my bed and me with his nose Then my fears would melt away and would go lie down I'd drift on back to without another sound
The big bus and I got off it was awful dark and thick with fog Then something gently me and there stood Tige, my dog I wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus day And all the dreary winter nights since I'd been
Tige meet me here like this I was I was really glad 'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they've dad Too long miles still lay ahead, but what I didn't A Dam was being built where the old road used to go
I think the Lord was sending Tige and I followed he led Knowing without his help that I'd be good as dead Tige inched along this way and that going rough and And I could hear the water a lappin' at the ledges far
Then through the mist, I saw a light and in her chair And I reached down to pet old Tige, but he there I'm thankful mom, you had old Tige three lonely years I owe my life to him, tonight I help my tears
You say you wrote me the Dam well 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 my best friend