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The Cattle Thief
Wayfarer
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High in the north
Under the mountains' gaze
Two bodies still hang
It was there by the blood fevered hands of men
She they called the cattle thief was slain
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50 men in black coats
Ride in from the south
It is not justice that fills their hearts
Or foams at their mouths
The queen of the mavericks
Daughter of the plains
Her corpse hangs for rumor
Her corpse hangs for company aims
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This land bestowed upon the barons
Every grass every straw
We will draw lines across the open range
By order of law
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A reckoning comes
From those branded thieves
Driven to desperation
And disparate means
Sound out the bells of war
Within the county line
Here in the wake of the thaw
In a young nation blind
It's war they've waged
It's bloodshed they crave
They come bringing fire
They come bringing siege
A note on the corpse of the people's men
"Thieves beware" it would read
Beware!
The gods of men are he who holds
The gunpowder and the gold
Beware!
The company kills for company men
If you should find your name upon their list
But beware thee
Oh men of the company
Beware the ghost of Cattle Kate
Beware what you create
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They're riding out
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Through the dusk, to the north
They bring menacing
Blind in rage
And endless violence
The lost men ride
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Into the fray
Fifty men rode in
Under promise of pay
Seventy names on a list
Fifty dollars each name
A shadow creeps over
The range's first light
Fifty head in the fields
Cower in fright
Oh thee men of the association
Who murdered in profits name
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Absolved by your own
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You carry on in prosperity
Devoid of shame
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But there remains
A shadow on the range
The ghost of the cattle thief
Whispers her claim
Sixty years aged
Or just six years young
I will return for you and yours
For all you have done
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I heard you seen her now
A dream or not she'll wander
The county round
Until the end
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You sure that what you fear is gone?
You blindly hope
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I heard you crawl from her now
Endlessly
You are never alone
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