I was out in the wild

Trying to catch some supper

And bring it home to sweet mama..

But when the pony headed back

To our home valley..

I knew I'd been gone too long:

- And I crossed the Rock River the day before she
died

I reached home just afer dark..

Looking for mama

But she was nowhere on our land...

So I kicked the frontdoor open

Saw the rope above her

And the shadow of the dirty gunman...

- And I crossed the Rock River the day before she
died

I chased him through Arkansas

From Texas to Missouri...

He took me up north

From Saint Antoine To Saint Louis

He was haunted

But I had the time

I wanted him back

To the scene of the crime

- And he crossed the Rock River the day before he
died...

Well, we reached Rock River

And we reached the other side...

He looked back

Kinda fraid for his life

I pulled my trigger

And I hitted him

Right between the eyes

And then I roped him up to mama

To the roaches & the flys...

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Rock River Rock River

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