Here are a couple of posts with lyrics:

Thread #12357   Message #99399
Posted By: DougR
26-Jul-99 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: The Saddest Song of All
Subject: Lyr Add: BLOOD ON THE SADDLE (from Tex Ritter)

Emily:

Great voice, beautiful voice!

I do believe one of the saddest of all cowboy songs has not been mentioned: "BLOOD ON THE SADDLE." I think part of the words are:

There was blood on the saddle, and blood all around,
And a great big puddle of blood on the ground.

A cowboy lay in it, all covered with gore,
And he never will ride any broncos no more.

Oh pity the cowboy, all bloody and red,
For the bronco fell on him, and mashed in his head.

Repeat: First verse.

Recorded by Tex Ritter.

DougR

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Thread #39994   Message #970135
Posted By: cobber
21-Jun-03 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Songs of Dismemberment
Subject: Lyr Add: BLOOD ON THE SADDLE

What about "Blood on the saddle"?
There was blood on the saddle, blood on the ground
And a great big pool of blood of around
And the cowboy lay in it all covered in gore
And he ain't gonna ride them broncos no more

Oh pity the cowboy, all bloody and red
Cos a bronco fell on him and mashed in his head
There was blood on the saddle and blood on the ground
And a great big pool of blood all around

I love it.

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Thread #39994   Message #4010114
Posted By: Lighter
23-Sep-19 - 07:41 PM
Thread Name: Songs of Dismemberment
Subject: RE: Songs of Dismemberment

From the movie Husbands ( 1970):

                There was blood on the saddle,
                And blood on the ground,
                Great big buckets
                Of blood all around.

                The cowboy was dying,
                The horse was dead too,
                And that’s all the story
                That I ever knew.

The tune resembled "Stewball."