Lyr. Add: MUSTANG GRAY 2
Everett Dick, in "The Long Drive."

There was once a noble ranger,
They called him Mustang Gray;
He left his home when but a youth,
Went ranging far away.

Chorus-
But he'll go no more a-ranging
The savage to affront;
He has heard his last war whoop,
And fought his last fight.

2
He ne'er would sleep within a tent,
No comforts would he know;
But like a brave old Tex-I-an,
A-ranging he did go.
3
Once he was taken prisoner,
Bound in chains upon the way;
He wore a yoke of bondage
Through the streets of Monterrey.
4
A señorita loved him
And followed by his side;
She opened the gates and gave to him
Her father's steed to ride.
5
God bless the señorita,
The belle of Monterrey;
She opened wide the prison door
And let him ride away.
6
And when the veteran's life was spent
It was his last command
To bury him on Texas soil
On the banks of the Rio Grande.
7
And there the lonely traveler,
When passing by his grave,
Will shed a farewell tear
O'er the bravest of the brave.

"The Long Drive," Kansas Historical Collections, vol. 17, 1926-1928, pp. 93-94. With musical score, Varsity 5135.

Song based on a "ballad opera" composed by John Hill, 1848.

From Fife and Fife, 1969, Cowboy and Western Songs, pp. 140-141.