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Dead Dog Blues

from Peregrine Songs by Damien P Murphy

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A dead and bloated dog lying in a vineyard somewhere in La Rioja, late August 2009. Sung by Billy Pilgrim, perhaps?

Some words borrowed with permission from Lisa Forrest's poem and song "Black Dog's Lament".

Apologies to Vonnegut

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Mad hound dog snapping at my heels,
Keeps me on my toes.
Driving me on from town to town –
That’s just the way it goes.

Black dog lament, keening in my ears,
Never lets me sleep.
Ragged hungry howl, raising all my fears,
Keeps me on my feet.

And so it goes...

Dead hound dog, side of the road,
Just his time to go.
Swarms of flies feeding on his eyes,
But it's just the way it goes.

And so it goes...

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from Peregrine Songs, released December 31, 2013
Words & music: DP Murphy

"Black Dog's Lament" (poem) by Lisa A. Forrest, published in To the Eaves (BlazeVOX Books; Buffalo, New York, 2008)
www.blazevox.org/index.php/Shop/Poetry/to-the-eaves-by-lisa-forrest-48/

"Black Dog's Lament" (song) from the 2011 album, Oh Lake Erie by Lisa Forrest (885767614024).
www.cdbaby.com/cd/lisaforrest

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