(Bill Fries, Davis)
Well, I found him on the corner of and Main In the township of Sloan (Township of Sloan...) He's tired, and he's hungry, he's old, and he's And parked in a zone
Well I bent an' says "How ya doin', old fella?" He to get up on his own (On his own...) I gave him a piece a' my ham salad sandwich He reached up an' on my nose
He gave him a piece of his ham salad And reached up and on his nose Old Sloan...
Well, I the door of my old beat-up semi Threw an old dirty on the floor (On the floor...) He hopped in an' laid hisself by the gearshift up and started to snore
For years we went truckin' them together On the of life we did roam (They did roam...) With his paws on the dashboard an' his out the winda An' his ears in the breeze, gently
With his on the dashboard, his head out the winder And his ears in the breeze blowin' Old Sloan...
When one last May, four miles north a' Mondamin I to use a pay telephone (Pay telephone...) Old Sloan made a fireplug, while I made a phone An' I come back, he was gone
Well I searched forty miles of Interstate highway And the byways that we to roam (Used to roam...) From Ricketts to Red Line, Magnolia to But I couldn't find poor ol' Sloan
From Fiscus to Jacksonville, Quick to like the end for old Sloan
Poor ol' fella. He have no license, nor shots, nor nothin'.
I he's a goner.
on a cold winter day on the ninth of November I's drivin' my rig all (All alone...) When my eye a blur in my left rear-view mirror An' my ears the sound of old Sloan
He's runnin' as fast as his old legs run 'im An' cryin' for me to down (To slow down...) His tail was a-waggin', his was a-draggin' An' I opened the for old Sloan
His was a-waggin', his tongue was a-draggin' And he opened the door for old Old Sloan...
Well I gave him a hug as he licked me all An' I threw him his old bone (Old dirty bone...) Then in through the jumped a poodle from Pisgah An' she set on down Sloan
Then in the winder come a poodle from Pisgah And set down beside Sloan. Old Sloan...
So where ya been, boy.
Hey! kinda purty.
Aw, Sloan.