Four Legged Kind by Anna E. Wescoat
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- čas přidán 20. 03. 2023
- The story of a young child, growing up with "man's best friend", and then having to let him go when he got old. This one is dedicated to anyone who has ever loved and lost a dog ❤️🙏🐾🎶
Verse 1:
Blowing out candles on my seventh birthday
I was praying that I'd get my wish
All I ever hoped for was a shiny new bike
Like the one my uncle bought for cousin Chris
Verse 2:
Momma and daddy said go look outside
And I just barely opened the door
When a ball of dark fur jumped right in my arms
And the tears they just started to pour
Chorus 1:
I said I don't need him
Please take him away
He ain't gonna be no friend of mine
But thank God for mommas, and daddies, and love
And friends of a four legged kind
Verse 3:
Summer came round and that little black fur ball
Followed me everywhere I went
Hunting and fishing and out to the ball field
Much as I hated to admit
Chorus2:
I wanted to keep him
I couldn't give him away
He turned out to be a good friend of mine
Thank God for mama's, and daddy's, and love, and friends of a four-legged kind
Verse 4:
The years have flown by, and he's been there through it all
He's never moped or complained
Listening and hugging are two things he does well,
He's at the door when I come home each day
Verse 5:
That big black fur ball he can't see too good,
He stumbles his way through the house
Can't take him hunting or fishing no more
His tired old body's giving out
Chorus 3:
Lord knows I need him
But he's got to go away
He's been such a good friend of mine
Thank God for Momma's and Daddys and love
And friends of a four legged kind
Outro:
I ain't saying they're saints
Cuz I know they ain't
But they're just about the closest you'll find
Thank God for mommas and daddies and love
And friends of a four legged kind
Amen. God bless our friends of the four legged kind. 'Nuff said.
Wonderful, touching song that reminds me of a black lab/ husky cross we got when our children were 3 and 5. He grew up with them and went everywhere with us on Scout camping trips, 2000 miles road trips in a packed car. He had to leave us when he was 15.5 yrs old which for a big dog, is quite old. We all still miss him everyday even though we had many great since and currently. We had another bacl lab / Border Collie that was just as good but the kids were grown up by then.
That’s just absolutely beutiful! ❤️
Thank you! 🙏🐾
What a great song !!! Have let quite a few go in these years and miss them all. Have one little one sitting here watching you sing this song !!!!! This is jim by the way let Debra go too in 2019 sad all of them !!! Keep up these great songs bring back memories of a long time ago. Thank you Anna !!!!
Aww hug that fur baby for me! I haven't had one for a few years now since we just aren't over the last one yet :( thanks so much for listening and all the kind words ❤️🎶
@@annawescoat2588 So sorry for your loss know just how you feel.
Just sent this to my neices girlfriend. She just lost her 4 legged friend of 15 years last week. Hope this helps her😢. She got Baby for a birthday present when she was 9.
Aww I'm so sorry! That's a long time to have a sweet fur baby so I can imagine how painful that is 💔
Love this! Your songs are always true life stories. Burlington Bill busking on the road and on you tube.
Thanks so much, Bill! My favorite kind of songs to write are ones based on true stories, just means more to both me and the listeners I think :)
Very cool!!! Well done! Your song just naturally flows. Excellent.
Thank you very much! I'm working on releasing this one soon 🥰🐾
Great song. How long does it take you to write a song? You seem to make it look really easy. Have you written the song yet with your saxophone?
Great song. How long does it take you to write a song? You seem to make it look really easy. Have you written the song yet with your saxophone?
Thank you so much! It varies from song to song, it really just depends on where the inspiration came from -- This one took about 30 minutes. Lots of inspiration 🙏 I started one with the saxophone but it ended up sounding better on the piano, lol, so I am going to start a new one!