THE HOUNDSMAN'S WIFE
AS DARKNESS FALLS ACROSS THE LAND
THE OL' HOUNDSMAN WITH LIGHT IN HAND
HIS PACK OF HOUNDS PULL AT THEIR CHIAN
SOME SHOWING AGE THEY INGORE THE PAIN
OL' NAUGIN AND BLAZE, HIS PRIDE- OL' BLIZZ
THE YEARLINGS, ACHILLIES, PINE AND LITTLE BIT
THEY LOVE HIM AND TRUST HIM WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS
FOR THEY ARE HIS SIX PACK, NEVER TOO FAR APART
NOW GOING ON FORTY, HE THINKS OF THE PAST
HE STARTED THIS GAME AT NINETEEN, WHO THOUGHT IT'D LAST
THIS LINE HE'S HUNTED FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE
THEY HOLD NO TITLE, BUT TO HIM CHAMPIONS FOR SURE
HIS WIFE IS UNDERSTANDING, BOY DOES HSE FRET
HE HUNTS THE SWAMPS ALONE, A GAMBLE AT BEST
SHE KEEPS IN HER BIBILE, AND PRAYS WHEN HE'S GONE
THAT THE HOUNDSMAN AND HIS PACK, WILL COME SAFELY HOME
THIS NIGHT THE HOUNDSMAN IS LATE, WHERE COULD HE BE
HE IS NEVER THIS LONG IT'S GOING ON THREE
SHE KNOWS WHERE HE HUNTS AND WHERE HE SHOULD BE
SHE QUICKLY GETS DRESSED, TAKES A RIDE JUST TO SEE
SHE FOLLOWS THE DIRT ROAD, DOWN TO THE OLD SWAMP
THERE'S HIS TRUCK ALONE IN THE DARK, WINDOWS DOWN, AND UNLOCKED
NO DOGS, NO HOUNDSMAN, WHERE COULD HE BE
SHE CRYS OUT IN THE NIGHT AS SHE FALLS TO HER KNEES
ON THE DASH SETS HIS PHONE, HIS TRACKER ON THE SEAT
SHE'S SEEN HIM USE IT BEFORE HOW HARD COULD IT BE
SHE TURNS ON THE TRACKER, AND GETS A LOUD BEEP
THE HOUNDS ARE CLOSE, BUT THE WATER IS DEEP
SHE FINDS HIS OLD WADERS STUFFED UNDER THE TOOL BOX
SHE SLIPS THEM ON, AND TAKES OFF AT A TROT
SHE FOLLOWS THE BEEPS AND HOPE SHE IS RIGHT
SHE WILLNOT LEAVE HER HOUNDSMAN TO THE COLD, DARK NIGHT
THE BEEPS GET LOUDER, SHE THINKS SHE IS CLOSE
SHE'S A HOUNDSMAN'S WIFE, STRONGER THAN MOST
THERE! ON A SMALL ISLAND, SHE HEARS A LOW SOUND
ON THE GROUND IS HER HOUNDSMAN, SURROUNDED BY HOUNDS
SLOWLY SHE APROACHES, AS SIX HOUNDS START TO GROWL
NO ONE TOUCHES THE HOUNDMAN, NO WAY, NO HOW
OVER HIM STAND 'BLIZZ', HIS PRIDE AND JOY
TOUCH THE HOUNDSMAN, I'LL SLING YOU LIKE A TOY
THE WIFE, SHE SPEAKS IN A LOW SOFT VOICE
SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD, KEEPING HER COURSE
IT'S ME "OL' BLIZZ' I'M HERE TO HELP HIM
THEY ALL FOLLOW YOU OL' GIRL PLEASE TALK TO THEM
OL' BLIZZ BACKS DOWN, BUT REMAINS AT HIS SIDE
FOR PROTECTING HER HOUNDSMAN, SHE TAKES GREAT PRIDE
THE HOUNDSMAN IS HURT, HE'S BUSTED HIS LEG
TO CALL HIME SOME HELP, SHE PLEADS AND BEGS
HE SIMPLY ASKED, PLEASE HELP ME TO THE TRUCK
FOR THIS NIGHT OUR HOUNDSMAN HAS RUN OUT OF LUCK
I CAN'T LEAVE MY HOUNDS, FOR THEY NEVER LEFT ME
THEY HEARD ME FALL DOWN AND CAME OFF THE TREE
NOW THIS HOUNDSMAN HUNTS NOT ALONE
DUE TO A BUM LEG AND SOME BROKEN BONES
SHE WAS A LITTLE ANGRY, BUT MAN WHAT A WIFE
IN HER I HAVE FOUND MY PARTNER FOR LIFE
~PAUL ALLEN~April 2009