Name: Emmy Lu
Duration: P00H03M02S
Description: Just a fun song about our old dog, Emmy Lu, with my terrible clawhammer accompaniment.

Emmy Lu

by Shelley Ackerman

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Just a fun song about our old dog, Emmy Lu, with my terrible clawhammer accompaniment.

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We have an old dog named Emmy Lu
In people years she's a hundred and two
She's cute as a button and cuddly too
Our old dog Emmy Lu

[Chorus]
Oh oh Emmy Lu
What are we going to do with you
You're old and grey but I can see,
You just might outlive me

She's deaf as a post and blind as a bat
But she don't care 'bout any of that
'Cause in her dreams she chases cats
That smart dog Emmy Lu

Her teeth are rotten and she can't chew
So We make her doggie chicken stew
She'll gobble it up 'fore you count to two
That fat dog Emmy Lu

She pees on the floor when it's cold outside
Her bark is sharp and amplified
But she still thinks she's dignified
That bad dog Emmy Lu

Her nose is keen and she loves to sniff
But she Can't walk far 'cause her legs are stiff
And we'd be de-va-stated if
We lost our Emmy Lu

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released October 14, 2021
Shelley - lead vocals and banjo. John & Clare harmonies. Emmy Lu barks.

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Shelley Ackerman Rossland, British Columbia

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