diamond bell

gather round and a story i will tell

about the gunslinger diamond bell

she was the reigning terror of the west

her vision in a scarlet carriage dress

with 30 shining diamonds on her barrel

fitted always in a red apparel

she reveled more in murder and in gore

than anyone who's worked the job before

i was only a kid from arkansas

i never had a running with the law

till i ran and i stumbled and i fell

in love with the bandit diamond bell

diamond bell

where are you now?

over the meadow

and through the trees

for 7 long months we rode the trail

camping out along the union rail

twas all in the merry month of may

when we landed a job to kill a judge in cassoday

she spoke as we trampled through the heat

she said the boys from kansas know i'm hard to beat"