Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter

They say that he was the fastest gun alive

Before you could draw your gun from the holster

You would surely die



Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter

He killed three men in abilone and four in Wichita

He wounded one in Kansas City

Let him live out of pity

He was tired of killing them all



Then one night in a brawl

His brother John got killed in Wichita

Defending his brother's name

The Blackie Dalton fame had brought his brother shame



He got word in Tucson about his brother John

They heard him say as he left that day

"I've got to hunt him down

Then I'll throw my gun away"



Lonely night on the trail

He'd listen to the coyotes wail

And sympathise with the cry

For one more man must die



Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter

The fastest gun alive is what they say

He caught that man shot him down

Turned and walked away

Yes, he threw his gun away



Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter

But he turned his back on the life that he had led

A man remembered from Kansas city

Didn't have any pity

He shot Blackie dead

Yes he shot Blackie dead



Lonely nights on the trail

The cowboys tell a different tale

Blackie didn't really die

No, Blackie didn't really die



Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter

The fastest gun alive is what they said

He changed his name and in his grave

The Kansas man instead

With this marker at his head

"Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter"