My Old Coon Dog - Burl Ives

My old coon dog, my old coon dog

I wish you’d bring him back

He chased the old sow over the fence

And the little pig through the crack, crack, crack

My old coon dog, my old coon dog

He chased a coon up a tree

And when I shot that raccoon down

It was twice as big as me

My old coon dog, My old coon dog

He went to chase a coon

He started to chase it the first of March

And ended the tenth of June

My old coon dog, my old coon dog

He died one afternoon

I woke with a fright

That very same night

And heard him chasing a coon

My old coon dog, my old coon dog

I wish you’d bring him back

He chased the old sow over the fence

And the little pig through the crack, crack, crack