Ballad of Dan Toe
Intro:
Em-D-C-B--D
Come all you cowboys and hear what I say
The legend of Dan Toe still lives today
When I was a boy, I rode with a man
...and I still can remember what happened to Dan.
He knew the frontier from the east to the west
Wore a lone star of silver, proud on his chest
He wrestled a cyclone or so I am told
He proved he was brave in those days of old (?)
When the rivers of Texas grew dangerously high
We kept Dan a laugin for fear he would die
And his tears would surely flow
To the gulf of Mexico
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With a Navajo rug and a quart in his jug he would sing
I remember it well
A teacher of lessons his black Smith and Wesson would ring
Like a bell
At night he would dance the fandango
On the mesas outside of durango
The women would holler
And throw down a dollar
to drink from his well.
Jam
Dan told us stories before we d retire
And spirits would dance round the flames of the fire
He told us of rednecks no long to have known
No long will those flickering campfires glown
Dan had a sweeheart who fear for his life
When a rattlesnake came between her and a knife
Dan Toe snuck up from behind her
And Danny took the bite from that ol sidewinder
As the light of last sun faded from his eyes
She kept Dan a laughin for fear he would die
And his tears would surely flow
To the Gulf of Mexico
CHORUS
Jam
Dan s dead and gone and I m growing old
And I never could save that silver and gold
But I still have my fiddle and I still have my bow
And I make myself (something) where ever I go
CHORUS
Jam->End
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