| Lyrics: | Ride, cowboy, ride
Don't ride too slow
Tucson's a mighty long way yet to go
He
started his long ride in Prescott
The sun was a hundred or more
On down he rode at full
gallop
Into the flat desert floor
Driving the big herd to Flagstaff
In Prescott
the letter was there
Happiness soon would be sorrow
Sad news the letter did
bear
Ride, cowboy, ride
Don't go too slow
Ride, cowboy, ride
You've a long
way to go
Your darlin' now lies on her deathbed
Racked by fever and
pain
Reaching for you at her bedside
At each breath she's callin' your
name
Forward he leaned in the saddle
Pushing through misquete and sage
His head
never raised for a reading
As he passed the Wickenburg stage
Ride, cowboy,
ride
Don't ride too slow
Tucson's a mighty long way to go
In Phoenix he traded
horses
Now on the back of this roan
He could see visions of Tucson
His darlin' and
their lovely home
Ride, cowboy, ride
Don't ride too slow
There's still a
hundred and twenty to go
In through the ranch gate he galloped
And without breaking
his stride
He bounded out of the saddle
And rushed to his sweet darlin's
side
Then as the dyin' girl saw him
A smile came over her face
Holding her hand
as it tightened
Barely had he won the race
Ride, cowboy, ride
On through the
blue
Ride, cowboy, ride
She'll be waiting for you
Ride, cowboy, ride
On through
the blue
Ride, cowboy, ride
She'll be waiting for you |
