Artist: | Don Edwards (English) |
User: | ralph estes |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
"The Campfire Has Gone Out' (Jack Thorp)
Through the progress of our country our occupation's gone
So we put our ideas into words, our words into a song
And somewhere 'tween the wire and the coming of the train
We let it slip away and wonder who's to blame
Bid them all adieu, you can't turn the world around
The cowboy has left the country and the campfire has gone out
When I think of those good old days, my eyes with tears do fill
I think of the tin can by the fire, the cayote on the hill
And I think I'll ride the night guard when the stars are shining bright
But now instead the wired fence it guards the heard tonight
You'll miss him on the round-up, it's gone, his merry shout
The cowboy has left the country, the campfire has gone out
I'll tell you, boys, in those days old-timers stood a show
Never had much money, not a sorrow did we know
But oh how things have changed now, we are poorly clothed and fed
Our wagons are all broken and our ponies most all dead
Bid them all adieu, we can hear the angels shout
"Oh, here they come to Heaven, the campfire has gone out"
Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock, plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Grieve disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home our in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with grieve and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid them all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out