The Chief's Song
Hawken Horse
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Out in the western front long long ago
A chief and his horse were the fiercest who rode
Deep in the mountains where the Wind River runs
They rode out in search of the white men who won
The tribe of the black-chief lay in the ground
Riddled with lead from the wasichu town
He spotted their fire in the Valley of Death
And sang for the white man with an arrow in chest
Ay ahh ay ahh
Ay ahh ay ahh
His horse ran with fire as he pulled back his bow
And fought with the spirit of 20 or so
2 had lay dead of the wasichu men
Before their guns fired again and again
The great chief with stripes painted on head
Fell from his horse as he sang for the dead
He reached for his knife that lay at his side
And cut his friend loose as for no man to ride
And he cried
Ay ahh ay ahh
Ay ahh ay ahh
Many years later where the Wind River runs
A man in the mountain on foot did he run
The skin of wasichu but heart of the bear
He searched for a life he could only find there
He heard the tales of a chief and his horse
And he searched through the mountain for 3 years or more
One night by fire the man caught a glimpse
Of a black horse who ran with the stripes on his head
And he cried
Ay ahh ay ahh
Ay ahh ay ahh
The horse turned around as he heard the chief's song
And came to the fire where the mountain man called
He reached out his hand and felt of his strength
And they rode through the night like no rider had seen
Years had went by as age made it's claim
He laid on the mountain with the horse of no name
One final drink and breath took his last
As he laid by the Indian horse he called "black"
And his spirit cried
Ay ahh ay ahh
Ay ahh ay ahh
Ay ahh ay ahh
Ay ahh ay ahh