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. . . year of eighty-three Jake Spencer hired me. Says, “Young man, I want you to go Follow my herd into Mexico. Started back to the . . . home Back to the girl was to be my own. Says, “Young man . . . Oh, young fella, you can seek another wife.” Curse the gold and silver, too. Curse the girl that won’t be true. I’ll go right back to the Rio Grande, Get me a job with a cattle band. Buddy, oh, Buddy, oh, please don’t go, . . . forever . . . If you . . . Don’t go back where the bullets fly. |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |