BLACK DOG
Traditional, arranged and with additional lyrics by Steve Haggard.
Publisher: Golden Harp Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.
 
I first heard Black Dog when I was a teenager -- on an album by Koerner, Ray & Glover --
and immediately loved the song. I learned it on the autoharp, which I used to play back
then, but never performed it. Many years later, while choosing songs for my "Make Your
Move" album, I remembered good ol' Black Dog. I hadn't done it for a long time, but it all
fell into place right away. (There's no autoharp on it, alas... but otherwise it sounds fine.)
I wasn't sure of all the words, so I added some new ones here and there.              -Steve H.

1. Well, I was born in California / I live in Tennessee
But any ol' place that I hang my hat / looks like home to me

chorus: Well, you call me a dog / when I'm gone now, baby
I'm a black dog / when I'm gone
But when I get back / with a hundred-dollar bill
It's "Daddy, where you been / so long?"

2. Well, my daddy taught me to gamble / he said to bet on the deuce and the trey
Now any time I see my last dollar down / I bet on that ol' deuce and trey

repeat chorus

3. Well, I've rolled my dice in Cuba / played my cards in Spain
And any time I see that last deal go down / I hop on that ol' fast train

repeat chorus

4. Well, I've travel this wide world over  / doin' what i do
No matter where I go / honey, don't you know / I always come home to you

repeat chorus.
 
"Black Dog" appears on the Steve Haggard CD, Make Your Move.
Available on Wild Oats Records (OAT-713)