a hound dog the other week
and this old hermit fella
son, you're gonna love old Sam.
And a hundred dollars ain't much
to pay for a dog like him.
and boy, he's the finest critter
So I paid him a hundred bucks
in the back of the truck.
And me and Elmo said we'd
take him hunting for our luck.
oh, that's a hunt as dogs want to have.
you ought to have seen him a -sniffing
to be proud of that 100 dog.
We set up camp way down the hall
and I slipped that chain off
and we was sitting around
the campfire there Elmo and me.
We was listening to old Sam
Closer and closer old Sam
We heard a rustle in the brush
and I turned around and there it be.
A big red eyed grizzly bear
looking smack dab at Elmo and me.
And I said, old Sam, old Sam,
where is that hundred dollar hound?
Folks did you ever see a grizzly bear
where is that no -good clop
Oh, I'd give another hundred dollars
if he'd just show up and bark
Turned around quick to grab for my knife
I said, Elmo, you'd better run for your life
So he lit out for the woods,
and son, I headed to the fields
With that great big grizzly bear
nipping right at my heels
Oh, he must have chased me
And I ripped my clothes on
and I finally got home about to
Oh, by the way, I found old Sam.
He was way up under the house,
and I said, now, Sam, Sam,
you're headed for the city dog pound,
and you come out from under that house
Well, the sun's been sun,
and the tale's been told,
but Sam won't be your soul.
from under that house, Sam.
If it's for a hundred dollars,
I can get up under there myself.
You've had it. All right, Sam.
and if you pull a trick like that again,
you're headed for the great
