Little New Jersey Town

Somewhere up in New Jersey there’s a little old sleepy town

That goes to bed and rises with the sun

The highway cuts its way through the hollows and the hay-fields

And through the town the wisping cars have spun

There’s a little boy who lives just a half a mile away

Who walks along the highway everyday

A couple a years ago away from home the young boy strayed

And he lost his arm unto a trapper’s blade

Have you seen a young blue hound

Have you seen the boy around

Have you driven through a little old Jersey Town

Well the day finally came as to all boys does the same

That the boy would start up at the red brick school

But the other kids made fun without knowing what they’d done

So he quickly learned about the golden rule

Have you seen a young blue hound

Have you seen the boy around

Have you driven through a little old Jersey Town

Deep down in the woods where the lonesome boy had stood

He saw a hound dog shivering in the snow

The path did stretch and wind as the hound-dog tagged behind

So on the way to home the two did go

Have you seen a young blue hound

Have you seen the boy around

Have you driven through a little old Jersey Town

The young boy and the hound took the blessing that they’d found

And washed away the sadness and the gloom

Their love grew deep and wide as they combed the countryside

And all around the happiness did bloom

Have you seen a young blue hound

Have you seen the boy around

Have you driven through a little old Jersey Town

The hound would always wait at the rusty old school gate

For his pal to finish up the day

Till one day the boy did find how the world was so unkind

And in the road his only friend it lay

Have you seen a young blue hound

Have you seen the boy around

Have you driven through a little old Jersey Town