It’s old Black Dog when I’m gone
and it’s old black dog when I’m gone
now when I come back with a ten dollar bill
and it’s honey where you been so long

My daddy, he was a gambler
and he taught me how to play
he taught me how to bet my money
on act, two, jack, and trey

It’s old Black Dog when I’m gone
and it’s old black dog when I’m gone
now when I come back with a ten dollar bill
and it’s honey where you been so long

I’ve been all around Kentucky
and the good ole state of Tennessee
wherever I hang that ole hat of mine
will be home sweet home to me

It’s old Black Dog when I’m gone
and it’s old black dog when I’m gone
now when I come back with a ten dollar bill
and it’s honey where you been so long

I see that train a comin
it’s carrying my casket low
takin me on down to the graveyard
where the grave will be my home

It’s old Black Dog when I’m gone
and it’s old black dog when I’m gone
now when I come back with a ten dollar bill
and it’s honey where you been so long