The Legend of the Ghost Rider

The Legend Of The Ghost Rider
music & lyric / Trisha Gagnon
Verse 1

There's a legend that is told of a town and a curse

A promise born from greed, proved to make things worse

When a man trades his honor for the blackest of coal

The devil writes his name and he forfeits his soul

Verse 2

In the Kootenay territory a princess there did live

The daughter of a chief who vowed her hand to give

With the secret of the necklace she wore upon her breast

William Fernie deceived them both

and brought a curse upon the rest

Chorus 1

When the evening sun is setting on Mt. Hosmer's rugged face

A ghostly form appears there for all time to haunt this place

Reminding those who live in Elk Valley below

Of price and consequence and we reap what we sow

The ghost rider's shadow in plain view for all to know

Verse 3

The First Nations daughter she would never be a bride
The man who's name was Fernie broke her trust and lied

In revenge her father swore a curse

That would stay upon the land

Famine flood and fire will strike with a heavy hand
Chorus 2

When the evening sun is setting on Mt. Hosmer's rugged face

A ghostly form appears there for all time to haunt this place

Reminding those who live in Elk Valley below

Of price and consequence and we reap what we sow

The ghost rider's shadow in plain view for all to know

Verse 4

Well disaster came and made it's home
In that coal mining town

Flood waters rose and fires scorched

And the mine it did come down

The town of Fernie cried out loud

With this curse how can we live

The Kootenai People heard their plea

Fernie's wrongs they did forgive

Chorus 3

When the evening sun is setting on Mt. Hosmer's rugged face

A ghostly form appears there for all time to haunt this place

Reminding those who live in Elk Valley below

Of price and consequence and we reap what we sow

The ghost rider's shadow in plain view for all to know

The ghost rider's shadow in plain view for all to know