it s either education or elimination now if you re so foxy and old chief s so dumb then why does that hound get the fox on the run cause he s got the hunter and the hunter s got the gun ka blam elimination lack of education if you pal around with that copper hound you ll wind up hanging on the wall keep your nose to the wind and you ll keep your skin cause you won t be home when the hunter comes to call oh big mama i know copper would never track me down well copper he s my best friend ha ha your best friend now copper s gonna do what he s been told supposed to chase old fox in old fox hole then along comes the hunter with a buckshot load k k ka blam elimination lack of education you better believe it tod yes siree you mean copper is gonna be my enemy hey kid you better step over here and take a good look  why why that s awful those poor things i m sorry tod honey copper s gonna come back a trained huntin dog a real killer oh no not my friend copper he won t ever change i hope you re right tod and we ll keep on being friends forever won t we big mama darlin forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things