My number one pooch has recently gone to lie with cushions and eat his own harness once more in the great beyond. Having spent his life in over half of mine, it\u2019s only fitting that the bestest boy gets a couple of poems. The first is an abridged version of Bowie’s Space Oddity and the second one is written to the verse of \u2018Hit The Road To Dreamtown\u2019, a tune sang by Jane Monheit that features in my favourite film noir of all time, L.A. Confidential. So long, my fine gentleman of foggy Didcot town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dog Oddity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ground Control to Major Col
Ground Control to Major Col
Take your good ice cream and put your harness on
Ground Control to Major Col (ten, nine, eight, seven six)
Commencing countdown, cushions in (five, four, three, two)
Check bisky bones and may Benji\u2019s love be with you (one, lift off)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is Ground Control to Major Col,
You\u2019ve really bit the lead
And the papers want to know whose bowties you wear
Now it\u2019s time to leave the house if you dare
This is Major Col to Ground Control
I\u2019m trotting through the dog flap
And I\u2019m lying in the most peculiar way
And the birds look very different today<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For here
Am I sitting in a green patch
Far above the world
Planet Earth is green
I\u2019m the coolest pooch there’s been<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though I\u2019m past one hundred thousand treats
I\u2019m feeling very calm
And I think my basket knows which way to go
Tell my fam I love them very much they know
Ground Control to Major Col
Your chew\u2019s dead, there\u2019s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Col?
Can you hear me, Major Col?
Can you hear me, Major Col? Can you-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here am I grooving in a green patch
Far above the house
Planet Earth is green
I\u2019m the bestest pooch there’s been<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udc3e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hit The Road To Dogtown<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bye bye poochy
Gotta hit the road to dogland
You\u2019re my poochy
See you in the land of dogs
Hold tight poochy
You\u2019ll be sprinting up
To Dogland
All night poochy
Where the other poochies walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look at that big cushion
You\u2019re gonna get that in the groove
What a poochy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bye bye poochy
Time to hit the road to dogland
Don\u2019t cry poochy
It was sublime but now
Rex Onions has finally called
Time to hit the road
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My number one pooch has recently gone to lie with cushions and eat his own harness once more in the great beyond. Having spent his life in over half of mine, it\u2019s only fitting that the bestest boy gets a couple of poems. The first is an abridged version of Bowie’s Space Oddity and the … <\/p>\n