(Tige you were faithful, faithful to the end) （给我滚你是忠实的，忠实于年底）

(Tige how I miss you, you were my best friend) （一给我滚多么想念你，你是我最好的朋友）

   

Three years of Army Service done and I was headin' home at last 三年服役的做，我航向“回家了

I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long gone past 我一想到回合我的狗，事情早就过去了近

How old Tige pulled me from a creek when I had no pulse or breath 怎么老给我滚拉着我从一条小溪，当我有没有脉搏，没有呼吸

How he saved me from the changin' bull that gored my Dad to death. 怎么他救了我从抵伤我的爸爸死了起了变化“牛市。

   

As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my toes 作为一个孩子，我会梦见熊和颤抖到我的脚趾

Till old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose 直到老给我滚开到了我的床上，轻推我，他的鼻子

Then my fears would melt away and Tige would go lie down 然后，我的恐惧会融化，给我滚会去躺下

I'd drift on back to sleep without another sound. 我漂在回去睡觉没有其他的声音。

   

The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful dark and thick with fog 大巴士停了下来，我得到了它是可怕的黑暗，厚厚的雾

Then something gently nuzzled me and there stood Tige my dog 然后轻轻的东西我用鼻子站在那里给我滚开我的狗

I wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus each day 我想知道如果我的忠实的狗每天都见面的公交车

And all the dreary winter nights since I'd been away. 和所有的沉闷的冬季夜晚，因为我一直在走。

   

Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was really glad 已给我滚这里接我这样的我是我真的很高兴

'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they've burried Dad 因为我没有​​必要给我滚开这么多，因为这一天他们已经安葬爸爸

Too long miles still lay ahead but what I didn't know 太长公里仍然摆在面前，但我不知道是什么

A giant Dam was being built where the old road used to go. 一个巨大的大坝正在修建，其中的老路来走。

   

I think the Lord was sending Tige and I followed where he led 我觉得主在发送给我滚开，我跟在他的领导

Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as dead 明知没有他的帮助，我会死定了

Tige inched along this way and that going rough and slow 给我滚开小幅沿着这条路上去粗糙和慢

And I could hear the water a lappin' at the ledges far below. 我能听到水的拉平“在窗台远远低于。

   

Then through the mist I saw a light and mother in her chair 然后通过雾，我看到一盏灯，母亲在她的椅子

And I reached down to pet old Tige but he wasn't there 我伸手抚摸老给我滚开，但他当时不在场

I'm thankful Mom you had old Tige these three lonely years 我很感激​​妈妈，你有老给我滚这三个孤独的岁月

I owe my life to him tonight I couldn't help my tears. 我欠我的生命给他，今晚我忍不住我的眼泪。

   

You say you wrote me bout the Dam well God was sure with us 你说你给我写回合大坝以及神肯定与我们

I didn't get your letter Mom but old Tige met the bus 我没有得到你的来信，但妈妈老给我滚满足公交车

I hate to tell you son she said but now you've got to know 我不想告诉你的儿子，她说，但现在你一定要知道

When you left it broke his heart Tige died three years ago. 当你离开它打破了他的心脏给我滚三年前去世。

   

(You were my best friend.)... （你是我最好的朋友。 ） ...