Down in the gulley in a big clump of tree's
I sit and watch the mighty river run free
I've been here for day's cause I wanted to be
Did my Little Bonnie get tired of me?
Ride here at night through the buffalo gra**
There wasn't nothing of me she wouldn't ask
I'll stay in this valley just as long as I can
Will my Little Bonnie come see me again?
Remembering how we got acquainted
In a school house gettin' educated
Ten years where have they gone?
She's not here and now it seem's so long
I knew her Daddy never took to me
He told her a man I'd never be
She knew her Daddy was wrong
Someday soon we'll be together
We'll stay down here and live forever
Time is surely on my side
And I've got alot of time to bide
The sun is sinkin' down behind the hill
Another quart of whiskey to be k**ed
Maybe this will be the night
Is this is my woman coming on down the trail?
A man's by her side and she's looking like hell
My eyes are not lying it's Luke my best friend
Guess I'll never see my little Bonnie again