Hey Freda:

A dog named Fred! How great that is. I've written enough songs with dogs in the them that I jokingly offered to do a whole workshop by myself on dog songs. I've never met a dog named Fred, but I wrote a song with a "Fred" in it.

Willie's Dog

Willie found a dog, about half grown
Poppa raised the devil when Willie brought him home
But Willie never paid his Poppa no mind
Told him that the dog just tagged along behind

Poppa told Willie "The dog's no good
Take him to the pound," but Willie never would
"Cause Willie'd never had a dog of his own
And even though he tried, he couldn't leave the dog alone

So Willie kept the dog, and he named him Fred
And he slept at night at the foot of Willie's bed
And early in the morning, when Poppa was asleep
Willie and the dog'd go swimming in the creek

Then Willie grew up and the dog grew lame
And the old man hobbled with a walking cane
And Willie found and wife, and she calls him Bill
And the dog and the old man live together still

I enticed a dog to follow me home as a kid, and my Father let me keep him, and the experience always stayed with me.

Life is a song.. Just have to take the time to write it..

Jerry