Bald Butte Songtext
von Colter Wall

Bald Butte, Bald Butte
So lofty and so high
Carry me to Bald Butte
Where the planes wrap ′round the sky
You can dig a hole on Bald Butte when I die

Henry was born on Bald Butte
A paint horse he did ride
Well he roped him in Alberta
Broke him on the Montana line
Tore him a trail through the northwest countryside

Henry took to stealin'
Robbin′ on the CP rail
He got the devil on his shoulders
And the lawman on his tail
You better ride, Henry, ride
You ain't got no friends to go your bail


Well he rode across the Grayback camp
Up in the Cypress hills
They said they left the US nation
On the day that Richmond fell
They whistled Dixie and set him up a still

Henry woke the next morn
Like a corpse from the grave
Half-blind and twice as haggard
He took a cast iron to the brain
They stole his horse and the rifle that shared his name

Then he tracked them former Johnny Rebs
Through the prairie and the trees
Up old Castle Mountain
'Cross the river Wapiti
Low and behold, what do you think he sees

I See my paint
I see my rifle that shares my name
I see the men that done me wrong
Lord I′m gonna do them just the same

Henry grabbed his rifle
Up off of the ground
He kissed the ever-loving barrel
And he shot them old boys down
They hit the dirt, he revelled in the sound


Now he′s back up in the saddle
Back up on the top
When he felt that southern slug
Chew a hole right through his gut
He though he killed them all, but he had not

That paint took off a-runnin'
Through the water and the mud
No earthly force in this whole world
Could stop that ′Berta stud
Henry sat there laughin' up his blood

He was singin′
Bald Butte, Bald Butte
So lofty and so high
Carry me to Bald Butte
Where the planes wrap 'round the sky
You can dig a hole on Bald Butte when I die