now the corrected version for the sake of the harvesters:

WILLIE'S DOG
(Jerry Rasmussen)

Willie found a dog, 'bout half grown
Poppa raised the devil when Willie brought him home.
Willie never paid his Poppa no mind
He 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 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 all his bed.
And early in the morning when Poppa was asleep
Willie and the dog would go swimming in the creek.

Willie grew up and the dog grew lame
And the Old Man hobbled with a walking cane.
Willie found a wife she calls him Bill
The dog and the old feller live together still.