Bald Butte

歌詞

Bald Butte, bald Butte So lofty and so high Oh, carry me to bald Butte Where the plains wrap 'round the sky You can dig a hole on bald Butte when I die Well, Henry was born on bald Butte A paint horse he did ride Well, he roped him in Alberta Broke him on the Montana line Toil him a trail through the Northwest country side Henry took a-stealin' Robbin' on a C.P. train He got the devil on his shoulders And the lawman on his tail You better ride, Henry ride You ain't got no friends to go your bail Well, he rode across the great back camp Up in Cypress Hills He said he left the U.S. Nation On the day that Richmond fell And they whistled Dixie and set him up a still Henry woke the next morn Like a corpse from the grave Half blind and twice as haggard He took a cast iron to the brain They stole his horse and the rifle that shared his name Then he tracked them former Johnny Ribs Through the prairie and the trees Up old Castle Mountain Across the river wide PT Lo and behold what do you think he see I see my paint I see my rifle That shares my name I see them men that done me wrong Lord, I'm gonna do them just the same Henry grabbed his rifle Up off of the ground He kissed the ever lovin' barrel And he shot them ol' boys down They hit the dirt, he reveled in the sound Now he's back up in the saddle Back up on the top When he felt that Southern slug Chew a hole right through his gut He thought he'd killed them all but he had not That paint took off a-runnin' Through the water and the mud No earthly force in this whole world Could stop that 'berta stud Oh, Henry sat there and laughin' up his blood And he was singin' Bald Butte, bald Butte So lofty and so high Oh, carry me to bald Butte Where the plains wrap 'round the sky You can dig a hole on bald Butte when I die