The Glory Trail

歌詞

Well a-way up high the Mogollons Above the mountain tops A lion cleaned a yearlin's bones And licked his thankful chops When who upon the scene should ride A-trippin' down a slope Was High-Chin Bob, with sinful pride And mav'rick hungry rope "Oh, glory be to me," says he "And fame's unfadin' flowers! I ride my good top-horse here today And I'm the top hand of the Lazy J Hi! Kitty cat, you're ours!" Now the lion cleaned his paw so brown And dreamed sweet dreams of veal When a big wide loop come circlin' down And roped him 'round his meal He yowled wild fury to the hills Till all the hills yelled back And the top-horse gave a snort and whirled And Bob took up the slack "Oh, glory be to me" says he "We'll hit the glory trail No man has roped a lion's head And lived to drag that booger dead Till I have told the tale" Well a-way up high the Mogollons That top-horse done his best From whippin' brush to rattlin' stones From canyon-floor to crest. Now whenever Bobby turned and hoped A limp remains to find Of a red-eyed lion, belly roped But healthy, loped behind "Oh, glory be to me," says he "This glory trail is rough But I'll keep this dally 'round the horns Until the, to the judgement morn Before I holler: "Nuff!" Three suns had rode their circle home Beyond the desert rim And turned their star-herds loose to roam On the ranges high and dim Yet up and down and 'round and 'cross Bob pounded, weak and wan But pride it glued him to his horse And glory drove him on "Oh, glory be to me," says he "He can't be drug to death Those heroes that I've read about Was only fools that stuck it out Till the end of mortal breath" Now way up high in the Mogollons If you're ever there at night You'll hear a ruckus amidst the stones That lift your hair in fright You see a cow-horse thunder by A lion trailed along And a rider, ga'nt but chin on high Singing forth his glory song "Oh, glory be to me!" says he "And to my mighty noose! I took a-ragin' dream in tow And though I never lay him low I'll never turn him loose!"