Yes he is talking about a real dog. In short, this is what the song means:
He caught his wife cheating on him, so he killed the guy she was having an affair with. He got thrown in jail for 99 years. He got a grand plan to escape, but first he needed to become the guardian of the prisons' tracking dog, a Bloodhound named Ol' Red. He finally did 2 years later. Then he asked his cousin to bring down a female Blue Tick Hound. They penned her up, and when the guy took Red for a run every night,...
Yes he is talking about a real dog. In short, this is what the song means:
He caught his wife cheating on him, so he killed the guy she was having an affair with. He got thrown in jail for 99 years. He got a grand plan to escape, but first he needed to become the guardian of the prisons' tracking dog, a Bloodhound named Ol' Red. He finally did 2 years later. Then he asked his cousin to bring down a female Blue Tick Hound. They penned her up, and when the guy took Red for a run every night, he brought him to the Tick hound. The two dogs fell in love, and so Red "got used to seeing his lady every night." So he kept Red away from the Tick Hound for a few days, then made his run. When the prison guards sent Ol' Red out to find the runaway, he went to see his girl instead because he hadn't seen her in a few days. Thus the guy got away, when no one else had ever gotten past Red. In the end where is says 'Now there's red-haired blue ticks all in the south, love got me in here, and love got me out' he means that Red and the Tick hound had puppies, and since his love for his wife got him thrown in jail, and the dogs' love got him out- so yeah.
There you have it.
is he really talking about a dog? or is there a metaphor that im not getting? "Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing His lady every night" ...?
yes he is ol red is a boy and he fell in love with the other dog
yes he is ol red is a boy and he fell in love with the other dog
Yes he is talking about a real dog. In short, this is what the song means: He caught his wife cheating on him, so he killed the guy she was having an affair with. He got thrown in jail for 99 years. He got a grand plan to escape, but first he needed to become the guardian of the prisons' tracking dog, a Bloodhound named Ol' Red. He finally did 2 years later. Then he asked his cousin to bring down a female Blue Tick Hound. They penned her up, and when the guy took Red for a run every night,...
Yes he is talking about a real dog. In short, this is what the song means: He caught his wife cheating on him, so he killed the guy she was having an affair with. He got thrown in jail for 99 years. He got a grand plan to escape, but first he needed to become the guardian of the prisons' tracking dog, a Bloodhound named Ol' Red. He finally did 2 years later. Then he asked his cousin to bring down a female Blue Tick Hound. They penned her up, and when the guy took Red for a run every night, he brought him to the Tick hound. The two dogs fell in love, and so Red "got used to seeing his lady every night." So he kept Red away from the Tick Hound for a few days, then made his run. When the prison guards sent Ol' Red out to find the runaway, he went to see his girl instead because he hadn't seen her in a few days. Thus the guy got away, when no one else had ever gotten past Red. In the end where is says 'Now there's red-haired blue ticks all in the south, love got me in here, and love got me out' he means that Red and the Tick hound had puppies, and since his love for his wife got him thrown in jail, and the dogs' love got him out- so yeah. There you have it.