DYING RANGER
(THE DYING COWBOY)
Sung by: A.C. McGouyrk
Recorded in Jamestown, AR 7/29/62

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The sun was sitting in the West,
And fell with a lingering ray
Through the branches of the forest
Where the dying ranger lay.
Through the shades of the April meadows
The sun . . . silver sky.
Far away from his home in Texas
They laid him down to die.

The group had gathered 'round him,
Their comrade in the fight . . .

(Mrs. Peel: "I don't know whether I know it or not. I don't . . .")

[From here on, the song is by Mrs. Peel.]

The sun was sitting in the west,
And fell with a lingering ray
Through the branches of the forest
Where the dying ranger lay.
Through the shades of . . . meadow . . .
Through the shades of April meadow,
The sun . . . sky.
Far away from his home in Texas,
They laid him down to die.

Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #188, "The Dying Cowboy"; Belden, p. 397, "The Dying Cowboy."

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