Since my days as a boy
My old dog brought me joy.
She was my Lassie, my Rin Tin Tin,
My Old Yeller, my Benji friend.

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Good Ol' Thumper keeps the beat
"Cause in my mind, she's still with me.
Always there through the ups and downs
Such a trouper, my hoser hound.

She grew with me, I grew with her
Made some memories, that's for sure.
I can see her now, how she loved to play,
and romp and run in her glory days.

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Late last summer she got real sick,
Her time had come, (there were) no more tricks.
Had to put her, put her down,
Nothing harder I have found.

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On the mantle rests her remains,
In a little box that bears her name.
Reminding me that she's still around,
At least in spirit, and in my sound.

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