Ted...We sing it to our dog, our "bark of life".... Tiger

YOU'VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME -- Carter Family

My bark of life was tossing down
The troubled stream of time,
Since first I saw your smiling face,
And youth was in its prime.

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Oh, I'll ne'er forget,
Where e'er I roam,
Wherever I may be,
If ever I have had a friend,
You've been that friend to me.

Misfortune nursed me as her child,
And loved me fondly, too.
I would have had a broken heart,
Had it not been for you.

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I now look back upon the past,
Across life's troubled sea,
And smile to think in all life's scenes,
You've been a friend to me.

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