Sam Bass

歌詞

Sam Bass was born in Indiana, It was his native home, And at the age of seventeen Young Sam began to roam. He first came out to Texas, A cowboy for to be. A kinder-hearted fella You'd seldom ever see. Sam used to deal in race stock, One called the Denton mare. He matched her in scrub races And took her to the fair. Sam used to coin the money, boys, And spent it just as free. He always drank good whiskey, Wherever he might be. Sam left the Collins' ranch In the merry month of May, With a herd of Texas cattle, The Black Hills for to see. Sold out in Custer City, And then got on a spree. A harder set of cowboys You'd seldom ever see. On their way back to Texas They robbed the N. P. train, Then split up in couples And started out again. Joe Collins and his partner Were overtaken soon, With all their hard earned money, boys, They had to meet their doom. Sam made it back to Texas, All right-side up with care. Rode into the town of Denton, With all his friends to share. Sam's life was short in Texas, Three robberies did he do. He robbed all the passenger mail And express cars too. Sam met his fate in Round Rock, July the twenty-first. They pierced poor Sam with rifle balls And emptied out his purse. Poor Sam he is a corpse And six foot under clay, And Jackson's in the bushes, boys, Tryin' to get away. Jim had borrowed Sam's good gold And didn't want to pay. The only shot he saw, was to give poor Sam away. He sold out Sam and Barnes And left their friends to mourn. Oh what a scorchin' Jim will get When Gabriel blows his horn. Yes, he sold out Sam and Barnes And left their friends to mourn. Oh what a scorchin' Jim will get When Gabriel blows his horn. Perhaps he's got to heaven there's none of us can say, But if I'm right in my surmise, He's gone the other way.