Red Steagall Lyrics
"Dawson LeGate"

He Hung His Ol' Saddle Up High At Th' Barn
Made Her A Promise His Cowboyn's Done
Said I've Won Them Big Buckles Done All I Can Do
Now I'm Ready To Spend My Last Years Here With You

Said We'll Break Out Them Flat Lands Ain't Been Plowed For Years
We'll Plant Wheat An' White Oats They'll Do Well Up Here
Then I'll Buy Us Some Baldies To Run In Th' Hills
An' I'll Break Out Some Bad Ones Just To Help Pay Th' Bills

'Cause Th' Winters Get Long Up Alberta Way
Cloud's Get So Dark At Times There's No Light Of Day
And Th' Long Nights Get Lonely An' Cold While She Waits
As She Dreams Of A Cowboy Named Dawson LeGate

He Made It Just Fine Till The Harvest Was Done
He Started Itchin' He Wanted To Run
He Quietly Entered Th' Calgary Stampede
Then Th' First That He Took Just Put Wings On His Feet

An' She Cried When He Showed Her Th' Money He'd Won
She Knew By The First Light Of Day He'd Be Gone
He Promised He'd Quit When Th' Season Was Through
Then He'd Be Home To Plant Wheat Fore Winter Went Thru

'Cause Th' Winters Get Long Up Alberta Way
Cloud's Get So Dark At Times There's No Light Of Day
And Th' Long Nights Get Lonely An' Cold While She Waits
As She Dreams Of A Cowboy Named Dawson Le Gate

(Music)

Th' Summer Went Fast He Was Ridin' 'Em All
Placed High At Cheyenne An' Th' First At Sioux Falls
He Was Sendin' Home Money His Intentions Were Good
But Then Life For A Cowboy Don't Go Like It Should

'Cause He Drawed Him A Bad One At Frisco That Fall
A Mean One To Ride Was A Chute Fightin' Hoss
Th' First Jump He Stumbled Fell When He Rolled
As His Neck Snapped Like Straw Dawson's Body Grew Cold

(Spoken)
Now Th' Rag Weeds Have Taken Th' Flat Lands Again
There'a A Few Strands Of Wire Where Th' Fences Had Been
An' Th' Baldies Are Starvin' In Th' Hills Where They Graze
(Sung)
While She's Rockin' Th' First Son Of Dawson LeGate