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Thread #129465 Message #3445362
Posted By: GUEST,GUEST, Bill
01-Dec-12 - 03:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains
Guest Kevin,
Kevin, I, too, have looked for years for anything relative to this song. I remember signing it at school in the late forties. It was printed in a book which had silver metallic cover. Also, I recall the music teacher or song leader saying that the piece was written collectively by a group of students from somewhere in Colorado. I've raked my mind but I can't come up with a third verse. I would think the writing occurred in the late thirties or early forties.
You have made my day. THANKS.
ROLL ALONG WAGON TRAIN
D G
Oh across the plains roll the wagon trains
A7 D
On the way to the gold fields far.
G
Where the bobcat prowls and the coyote howl
A7 D
And the herds of buffalo are.
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G D
Roll along, roll along, roll along wagon train
G A7 D
Roll along, roll along, roll along across the plain.
We will camp tonight at a pleasant site
and we'll sing to the banjo's strum.
To the fiddles squeal we will dance a reel
And be gay what ever may come
GUEST, Bill