Jeffords' Secret

JEFFORDS’ SECRET by Carol Markstrom (BMI)
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Old Tom Jeffords had a secret
He carried it to his grave.
Old Tom Jeffords had a secret.
Nobody knows it to this day.
He was pressured to tell that secret.
He couldn’t be compelled to say.
VERSE 1
There was a white man in the Territory.
Trusted by Cochise, rare those days.
Few respected the People called Apaches.
Fewer still understood their ways.

Cochise saw something true in Jeffords.
Whose straight talk earned the highest praise.
They parleyed, shared, they communed.
They were kindred at heart stories say.
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VERSE 2
Jefford’s at his side, Cochise lay dying.
Goodbye for now, see you someday.
His body was hid in the rugged Dragoons.
Sorrow echoed across the terrain.

An enduring friendship outlasted death.
Cochise resting place, never betrayed.
Trust and loyalty bound those two.
An alliance time couldn’t erase.
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