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