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Children of the mountains

The Rabbit Song

THESE HILLS HAVE BEEN MY HOME FOR EIGHTY YEARS COME NEXT SUNDAY
SINCE SIXTYFIVE ITS JUST BEEN THIS OLD DOG AND ME
MY WOMAN WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD IN HEAVAN
MY LIFE HAS BEEN A GOOD ONE BUT MY JOURNEY WAS NOT FREE

CHORUS
SEEMS LIKE THE RABBITS RUN MUCH FASTER THAN THEY USED TO
EVERY YEAR THE HILLSIDE GETS HARDER TO CLIMB
SEEMS LIKE THE AUTAUM TURNS TOO QUICKLEY INTO WINTER
WONT BE LONG TIL ME AND THIS OLD DOG WILL SAY GOODBYE

CHORUS
SEEMS LIKE THE RABBITS RUN MUCH FASTER THAN THEY USED TO
EVERY YEAR THE HILLSIDE GETS HARDER TO CLIMB
SEEMS LIKE THE AUTAUM TURNS TOO QUICKLEY INTO WINTER
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WONT BE LONG TIL ME AND THIS OLD DOG WILL SAY GOODBYE

INSTEAD OF SLEEPING OVER IN THE CORNER BY THE FIREPLACE
THAT OLD DOG WOULD RUN AND HUNT ALL DAY
NOT TOO LONG AGO WE WERE OUT AMONG THE CORN ROWS
MAKING THE MEMORIES THAT ARE ON MY MIND TODAY

CHORUS
SEEMS LIKE THE RABBITS RUN MUCH FASTER THAN THEY USED TO
EVERY YEAR THE HILLSIDE GETS HARDER TO CLIMB
SEEMS LIKE THE AUTAUM TURNS TOO QUICKLEY INTO WINTER
WONT BE LONG TIL ME AND THIS OLD DOG WILL SAY GOODBYE



All comments ( 1 )
Bkeepr
Love this song. As an aging upland hunter, it describes how I feel many times. I’ve outlived several “this old dog(s)” but the memories remain…although even the memories are starting to fade, too.