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[00:04.97]And now my friends you've asked me what makes me sad and still
[00:09.99]And why my brow is darkened like the clouds upon the hill
[00:15.04]Run in your ponies closer and I'll tell to you my tale
[00:21.06]Of Utah Carol my partner and his last ride on the trail
[00:27.15]We rode the range together and rode it side by side
[00:33.20]I loved him like a brother, and I wept when Utah died
[00:38.27]We were rounding up one morning when work was almost done
[00:44.34]When on his side the cattle started on a frightened run
[00:50.37]Underneath the saddle that the boss's daughter rode
[00:55.46]Utah that very morning had placed a bright red robe
[01:01.46]So the saddle might ride easy for Lenore his little friend
[01:06.56]And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end
[01:12.63]The blanket was now dragging behind her on the ground
[01:18.68]The frightened cattle saw it and charged it with a bound
[01:23.70]Lenore then saw her danger and turned her pony's face
[01:29.69]And leaning in the saddle tied the blanket to its place
[01:34.79]But in leaning lost her balance, fell in front of that wild tide
[01:40.85]"Lay still Lenore I'm coming" were the words that Utah cried
[01:45.90]His faithful pony saw her and reached her in a bound
[01:51.95]I thought he'd been successful, and raised her from the ground
[01:57.03]But the weight upon the saddle had not been felt before
[02:03.11]His backcinch snapped like thunder and he fell by Lenore
[02:09.19]Picking up the blanket he swung it over his head
[02:15.23]And started cross the prairie, "Lay still Lenore" he said
[02:20.29]When he got the stampede turned and saved Lenore his friend
[02:25.57]He turned to face the cattle and meet his fatal end
[02:31.67]His six gun flashed like lightning, the report rang loud and clear
[02:37.70]As the cattle rushed and killed him he dropped the leading steer
[02:42.74]On his funeral morning I heard the preacher say
[02:48.72]I hope we'll all meet Utah at the roundup far away
[02:53.81]Then they wrapped him in a blanket that saved his little friend
[02:59.85]And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end
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