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Had Me A Dog (Sandy)

from Carry Me Over by Jim Lesses

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Completed Monday, August 4, 2008.

This song came to me in a flash of inspiration one warm August night while holidaying on Ikaria, an island in Aegean. I don't know what the inspiration or trigger for the song was, but I'm glad to have received it from my Muse.

I apologise for the poor sound quality, but the laptop computer I had dragged around, London, New York City, and Europe over several months had taken quite a beating, and would not record anything without filling the audio with clicks and pops.

Add to this, the guitar I was using was a beat up acoustic with a cracked body. As if that wasn't bad enough, the nylon strings on the guitar sounded like they had not been changed in years.

I tried to clean the audio up as best I could, but it still leaves much to be desired. At least the song is listenable.

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Had Me a Dog (Sandy)
© 2008. Jim Lesses. All Rights Reserved.

I had me a dog, and I called her Sandy,
She was smart, and she was handy.
Chasing rabbits over Bunker Hill,
Catching salmon by the Franklin Mill.

She was smarter than a ten cent preacher,
Smarter than my high school teacher.
Count to ten – that ain’t no lie,
Jump three feet, and catch a passing fly.

CHORUS
But old Sandy’s dead and gone,
Left me here to sing this song.
Reminding me of lazy days,
And all my rough and rowdy ways.


I had me a dog, and I called her Sandy,
Fed her tales of men and brandy.
Of wild, wild women, and whiskey too,
But I can’t help thinking she always knew.

We’d sit by the fire, and I’d read her stories,
'Call Of The Wild', and dime store glories.
When I sang her favourite song,
You should’ave heard Sandy singing along.

CHORUS
But old Sandy’s dead and gone…

I had me a dog, and I called her Sandy,
I loved to feed her lock-jaw candy.
She’d grin and chew, then grin some more,
And leave me rolling on the kitchen floor.

She wagged her tail at friends and strangers,
Always warned of hidden dangers.
But the night she found that rattler-snake,
Was poor old Sandy’s last mistake.

CHORUS
Now, old Sandy’s dead and gone…

Watch my original recording on the Aegean island, Ikaria, here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6czbUNMtw

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from Carry Me Over, released December 2, 2022

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Jim Lesses Adelaide, Australia

Late-bloomer, long-time lover of folk and rock music, singer, songwriter, composer, and world traveller. No longer performing, but still composing and creating. Favourite saying: Love The Life You Live - or Change It.

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