Re: Foster--in 4th grade music class we used to sing "Old Dog Trey," --"Ever faithful, ever loyal..." or something along those lines; since that is the only place I ever heard the song, I no longer remember the exact words. The notes that went with the song in our music books told a story about Foster being awakened in the middle of the night by a neighbor's barking dog. He tried for some time to convince it to shut up, awakening everyone in the house with his efforts. He finally ran outside in his nightshirt to throw things at it, and when he came back in, found his family grouped around the kitchen table, soulfully singing "Old Dog Trey."