I Was Out In The Wild

Trying To Catch Some Supper

And Bring It Home To Sweet Mama..

But When The Pony Headed Back

To Our Home Valley..

I Knew I'd Been Gone Too Long:



- And I Crossed The Rock River The Day Before She Died



I Reached Home Just Afer Dark..

Looking For Mama

But She Was Nowhere On Our Land...

So I Kicked The Frontdoor Open

Saw The Rope Above Her

And The Shadow Of The Dirty Gunman...



- And I Crossed The Rock River The Day Before She Died



I Chased Him Through Arkansas

From Texas To Missouri...

He Took Me Up North

From Saint Antoine To Saint Louis

He Was Haunted

But I Had The Time

I Wanted Him Back

To The Scene Of The Crime



- And He Crossed The Rock River The Day Before He Died...



Well, We Reached Rock River

And We Reached The Other Side...

He Looked Back

Kinda Fraid For His Life

I Pulled My Trigger

And I Hitted Him

Right Between The Eyes

And Then I Roped Him Up To Mama

To The Roaches & The Flys...



Rock River Rock River

Rock River Rock River

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