Wild West

Wild West
(Tim Stafford, Daniel House Music)

1) I'm just an old Jayhawker, a scout and a spy, 
rode the Pony Express before the war,
On the Red Butte Station line
I killed 4000 buffalo to feed the railroad men
I took the scalp of Yellow Hair and I would do it still again 

2) I met Buntline in Nebraska and he wrote a pack of lies
But the eastern dandies loved it, much to my surprise
I became a daring hero on every stage across the land
Spent summers scouting with the Army for Lakota and Cheyenne

PRE-CH) Some say I am an artifact of disappearing times
But tonight beneath this circus tent I will bring it all alive

CH) Lay down your silver dollar 
For I'll bet you've never seen 
The world's greatest show, the envy of the Kaisers and the Kings
Where the Cossacks and Vaqueros, famed in deed and pen
all come alive before your eyes, And the West is Wild again

3) So I began to tell the story in 1883
Of how the west was lost and won by saddle tramps like me
I met the queen of England And For her Golden Jubilee
A grand command performance None Like it ever seen

4) Annie was a beauty until she was provoked, shot the ashes off a cigar at 40 paces while you smoked
The Lakota they called Sitting Bull became my dearest friend
And He died for sins of white men, of that I still contend

PRE-CH) Some say I am an artifact of disappearing times
But tonight beneath this circus tent I will bring it all alive

CH) Lay down your silver dollar 
For I'll bet you've never seen 
The world's greatest show, the envy of the Kaisers and the Kings
Where the Cossacks and Vaqueros, famed in deed and pen
all come alive before your eyes, And the West is Wild again

© 2020, Tim Stafford, Daniel House Music