Red Steagall - Dawson LeGate lyrics

He Hung His Ol' Saddle Up High At Th' Barn Made Her A Promise His Cowboyn's Done Said I've Won Them Big Buckles Done All I Can Do Now I'm Ready To Spend My Last Years Here With You Said We'll Break Out Them Flat Lands Ain't Been Plowed For Years We'll Plant Wheat An' White Oats They'll Do Well Up Here Then I'll Buy Us Some Baldies To Run In Th' Hills An' I'll Break Out Some Bad Ones Just To Help Pay Th' Bills 'Cause Th' Winters Get Long Up Alberta Way Cloud's Get So Dark At Times There's No Light Of Day And Th' Long Nights Get Lonely An' Cold While She Waits As She Dreams Of A Cowboy Named Dawson LeGate He Made It Just Fine Till The Harvest Was Done He Started Itchin' He Wanted To Run He Quietly Entered Th' Calgary Stampede Then Th' First That He Took Just Put Wings On His Feet An' She Cried When He Showed Her Th' Money He'd Won She Knew By The First Light Of Day He'd Be Gone He Promised He'd Quit When Th' Season Was Through Then He'd Be Home To Plant Wheat Fore Winter Went Thru 'Cause Th' Winters Get Long Up Alberta Way Cloud's Get So Dark At Times There's No Light Of Day And Th' Long Nights Get Lonely An' Cold While She Waits As She Dreams Of A Cowboy Named Dawson Le Gate (Music) Th' Summer Went Fast He Was Ridin' 'Em All Placed High At Cheyenne An' Th' First At Sioux Falls He Was Sendin' Home Money His Intentions Were Good But Then Life For A Cowboy Don't Go Like It Should 'Cause He Drawed Him A Bad One At Frisco That Fall A Mean One To Ride Was A Chute Fightin' Hoss Th' First Jump He Stumbled Fell When He Rolled As His Neck Snapped Like Straw Dawson's Body Grew Cold (Spoken) Now Th' Rag Weeds Have Taken Th' Flat Lands Again There'a A Few Strands Of Wire Where Th' Fences Had Been An' Th' Baldies Are Starvin' In Th' Hills Where They Graze (Sung) While She's Rockin' Th' First Son Of Dawson LeGate