bob fudge

my name is bob fudge i was born in texas

lampasas county back during the war

small pox and comanches took most of my family

left my poor mother

my brothers and me

so i headed north to ride for the blockers

they were contracting herds on the montana range

in the spring of the year 82 we left old lampasas

with 2

000 steers for the little bighorn

crossing our trails there were many great rivers

all to be crossed not a bridge would we find

in the cold rolling waters and the wild punching cattle

there was many a young man took leave of his life

well we crossed at doan's store into the indian nation

saw the blood on the rocks where those cowboys had died

then it's on fort dodge on the arkansas river

where gamblers and whores all welcomed us there

and the great snowcapped peaks are on our left side now

for many miles in the great silent land

when i first saw montana

i knew i would love her

i would ride her great plains til the end of my days

but she's all cut and dry now and the trails are all gone

i've been in yellowstone park in an automobile

but i can still see em swimming

boys i can still hear em running

i came off of the trails when cowboys was king

my name is bob fudge i died in montana