Farewell - Riders In The Sky

Farewell to the mountains, whose maizes to me

Were more beautiful far than Eden could be

No fruit was forbidden but nature had spread

Her bountiful board and her children were fed

The hills were our garners our herds wildly grew

And nature was shepherd and husband, man too

I felt like a monarch, yet thought like a man

As I thanked the Great Giver and worshiped His plan

The home I forsake where my offspring grows

The grave I forsake where my children reborn

The home I redeem from the savage and wild

The home I have loved as a father, his child

The corn that I planted, the fields that I cleared

The flocks that I’ve raised and the cattle I reared

The wife of my bosom, farewell to ye all

In the land of the stranger, I rise or I fall

Farewell to my country, I’ve fought for thee well

When the savage rushed forth like the demons from hell

In peace or in war, I have stood by thy side

My country for thee, I have lived, would have died

But I’m a cast off, my career now is done

I must wander abroad like the Prodigal Son

Where the wild savage droves and the broad Prairies spread

The fallen despised, will again go ahead