(Bill Fries, Davis)
Well, I him on the corner of Seventh and Main In the Iowa of Sloan (Township of Sloan...) He's tired, and he's hungry, old, and he's grungy And in a no-parkin' zone
Well I bent down an' "How ya doin', old fella?" He to get up on his own (On his own...) When I gave him a piece a' my ham sandwich He reached up an' licked on my
He gave him a piece of his ham salad And reached up and licked on his Old Sloan...
Well, I the door of my old beat-up semi Threw an old dirty shirt on the (On the floor...) He hopped in an' hisself down by the gearshift Curled up and to snore
For we went truckin' them highways together On the byways of we did roam (They did roam...) his paws on the dashboard an' his head out the winda An' his ears in the breeze, gently
With his on the dashboard, his head out the winder And his ears in the gently blowin' Old Sloan...
When one mornin' May, four miles north a' Mondamin I to use a pay telephone (Pay telephone...) Old Sloan made a fireplug, I made a phone call An' I come back, he was gone
Well I searched forty miles of Interstate highway And the byways that we to roam (Used to roam...) From to Red Line, Magnolia to Woodbine But I just couldn't poor ol' Sloan
From Fiscus to Jacksonville, to Correctionville Looked like the end for old
Poor ol' fella. He have no license, nor shots, nor nothin'.
I he's a goner.
When on a winter day on the ninth of November I's my rig all alone (All alone...) When my eye caught a in my left rear-view mirror An' my heard the sound of old Sloan
runnin' as fast as his old legs could run 'im An' cryin' for me to slow down (To down...) His tail was a-waggin', his tongue was An' I opened the door for old
His tail was a-waggin', his tongue was And he opened the door for old Old Sloan...
Well I him a hug as he licked me all over An' I him his old dirty bone (Old dirty bone...) Then in through the winda jumped a from Pisgah An' she set on down Sloan
Then in the winder come a poodle from Pisgah And set herself down Sloan. Old Sloan...
So that's ya been, boy.
Hey! kinda purty.
Aw, Sloan.