From the album 'Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs'
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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And now my friends you've asked me what makes me sad and still
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And why my brow is darkened like the clouds upon the hill
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Run in your ponies closer and I'll tell to you my tale
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Of Utah Carol my partner and his last ride on the trail
[Verse 2]
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We rode the range together and rode it side by side
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I loved him like a brother and I wept when Utah died
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We were rounding up one morning when work was almost done
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When on his side the cattle started on a frightened run
[Verse 3]
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Underneath the saddle that the boss's daughter rode
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Utah that very morning had placed a bright red robe
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So the saddle might ride easy for Lenore his little friend
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And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end
[Verse 4]
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The blanket was now dragging behind her on the ground
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The frightened cattle saw it and charged it with a bound
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Lenore then saw her danger and turned her pony's face
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And leaning in the saddle tied the blanket to its place
[Verse 5]
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But in leaning lost her balance fell in front of that wild tide
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Lay still Lenore I'm coming were the words that Utah cried
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His faithful pony saw her and reached her with a bound
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I thought he'd been successful and raised her from the ground
[Verse 6]
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But the weight upon the saddle had not been felt before
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His back cinch snapped like thunder and he fell by Lenore
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Picking up the blanket he swung it over his head
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And started cross the prairie "Lay still Lenore" he said
[Verse 7]
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When he got the stampede turned and saved Lenore his friend
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Then turned to face the cattle and meet his fatal end
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His six gun flashed like lightning the report rang loud and clear
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As the cattle rushed and killed him he dropped the leading steer
[Verse 8]
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On his funeral morning I heard the preacher say
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I hope we'll all meet Utah at the roundup far away
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Then they wrapped him in a blanket that saved his little friend
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And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end
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