This week we feature Black Eyed Dog by Nick Drake

Lyrics
A black eyed dog he called at my door
The black eyed dog he called for more
A black eyed dog he knew my name
A black eyed dog he knew my name
A black eyed dog
A black eyed dog.
I’m growing old and I wanna go home
I’m growiing old and [...]

This week we feature “My Best Friend” by Heidi Winzinger

Heidi “writes songs which combine her influences of Folk, Country and Rock in her own unique style telling stories of women losing themselves to their jobs, the loss of farmland to development the light friendly feeling a snow day brings to a community and the loss [...]

This week we feature a country music tear jerker by Red Sovine called Little Joe.   Red Sovine was well known for his sentimental truck driving songs such as Giddyup Go and Phantom 309.    

Lyrics
Some time ago I was sippin’ on some coffee and havin’ some ham and biscuits when a motion caught my eye through the truck [...]

This week we feature Old Dog Tray  written in 1853 by Stephen Foster, the oldest dog song I have been able to find.  I became aware of the song while writing the post on the Good Dog  album by Marie Burns.  
This song has been used in the movies at least twice. Once in the movie Old Dog [...]

Another song titled Dog Song.  This one by Nelly McKay from the album “Get Away from Me”

The Dog Song — Nellie McKay

Lyrics
I’m just a walkin’ my dog
Singin’ my song
Strollin’ along
Yeah it’s just me and my dog
Catchin’ some sun
We can’t go wrong
My life was lonely and blue
Yeah I was sad as a sailor
I was an angry [...]

This week’s Mutt Tunes features a whole album of dog songs called Good Dog by Marie Burns (of the Burns Sisters Band).  Susan heard one of the songs,  Go Goppher Go (mp3), on WMNF’s The Women’s Show the  other day.
“”Good Dog” is here! It is a collection of songs about dogs that I put together over the Winter. Included [...]

This week’s Mutt Tunes are by the Be Good Tanyas. Sleep Dog Lullaby (Dogsong)  from their 2001 album Blue Horse and Dogsong 2 from their 2003 album China Town.  The Be Good Tanyas are three women musicians from Vancouver, BC, playing folk/blues/country/bluegrass music.
Sleep Dog Lullaby (Dogsong)

Dogsong (aka Sleep Dog Lullaby…

Lyrics
written by Samantha Parton

All [...]

Get ready for a very tear jerking song.  Written by Red Foley, it has been covered by many people including Johhny Cash, Hank Snow, Walter Brennan, Elvis, and Kinky Friedman.

Old Shep – Elvis Presley
Lyrics
When I was a lad and old Shep was a pup
O’er hills and meadows we’d strayed
Just a boy and his dog we [...]

Dog Dreams as performed by The Story from the album Grace in Gravity 1992

Dog Dreams – The Story
Lyrics
Me and Rex took the car,
Ha, ha, stay home . . . stay.
We’re gonna run over
All the neighborhood cats,
‘Cause they tease us from
The other side of the fence.
We’re gonna go in the swamp
And you can’t hose us off.
Dog dreams, [...]

This song is performed by The Byrds and appears on the album Farther Along (1971) and on the box set The Byrds (1990).

Bugler — The Byrds

The video features a cover of the song by John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff

Lyrics
Back when cattle creek used to sing
It’s waters were sweet and it’s banks were green
And sunny days, went [...]