We made along Red River Watched the cattle as bedded down at the wagons, right after supper We spread our bedrolls on the
And me and Willie, we took the guard And the sage never so sweet The prairie moon was blazin' No chance tonight for a
Way yonder, off in the distance Towards the mountains there in the Did I see lightnin', did I hear My mind is weary, I could use some
Then all at once, the wind shifts The rolls in behind the tumbleweeds These longhorn cattle, are gettin' God help us all, if stampede
the rain, hear the thunder The sky, turns black as death The crashes, smell the sulfur It's rank and strong, it's Satan's
The rise up and go to runnin' I spur my pony on and the lead And the herd, I can hear Willie yellin' Hey stampede!
Dust clouds rise, as the rain They mix together, the air to mud I feel the longhorns against me And I can feel the demons racin' through my
Then all at once, my stumbles We hit the ground, I up to my knees In the flash of light, I can see the comin' Lord I know I'm die in this stampede
Then I awake and I around me I'm in my bedroll and I'm on the ground Over there's the wagon and there's the I was dreamin', but what's that sound?
Then I feel the tremble underneath me As the midnight sky begins to And from the I can hear Willie yellin' Hey stampede!