Вступление
As recorded by Ian Tyson
(2002 release)
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
My name is Bob Fudge
I was born in Texas
Lampasas County
Back during the war
Small Pox and Comanches
Took most of my family
Left my poor mother
And my brothers and me
[Verse 2]
So I headed North
For ta' ride for the Blockers
They were contractin' herds
On the Montana range
In the Spring of the year '82
We left ol' Lampasas
With two thousand steers
For the Little Big Horn
[Bridge]
Crossing our trails
Were many great rivers
All to be crossed
Not a bridge would we find
[Verse 3]
In the cold rolling waters
And the wild plunging cattle
There was many a young man
Took leave of his life
[Interlude]
[Verse 4]
Well we crossed at Doan's Store
Into the Indian nation
Saw the blood on the rocks
Where those cowboys had died
And on ta' Fort Dodge
On the Arkansas River
Where gamblers and the whores
Came to welcome us there
[Bridge]
The great snow cap peaks
Are on our left side now
For many a mile
In the great silent land
[Verse 5]
When I first saw Montana
I knew I would love her
I'd ride her great ranges
For the rest of my days
[Interlude]
[Verse 6]
Well she's all cut an' dry now, and the trails are all gone
I been ta' Yellowstone Park, in an automobile
But I can still see um' swimmin'
Boys I can still hear um' runnin'
Yes I came off a the trail, when cowboys was king
My name is Bob Fudge, I died in Montana
[Outro]