Misc Traditional – Ballad Of Utah Carroll (Guitar)

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Oh you ask me little stranger

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Why I'm silent, sad and still

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Why the cloud above my brow

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Is like the shadow of the hill.

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Pull your horse a little closer

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And a story I will tell

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Of how Utah  Carroll

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Made his last ride on the trail.

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We were rounding up one morning

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And the work was almost done

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When the cattle, they stampeded

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In a wild and maddened run.

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Well, the boss's little daugher

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Was holding on one side

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She started in to cut the cattle

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And that's where my partner died.

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He was fifty yards behind her

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And was riding very fast

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Little did he think that morning        

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That the ride would be his last.

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He went so fast he passed her

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But he caught her in his arms

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His only thought that morning

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Was to keep Lenore from harm.

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So much weight was on the saddle

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Like there'd never been before

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That the cinch girth broke from under

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And he fell beside Lenore.

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"Lie still, lie still Lenore,

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Lie still", once more he said,

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As he ran across the prairie

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Wavin' a blanket over his head

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From his scabbard he drew his pistol

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And it flashed like lightning clear

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On came the rushing cattle

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But he stopped the leading steer.

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The cattle rushed upon him

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And my partner had to fall

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Never more to cinch a bronco

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Or to give the cattle a call.