Stampede Lyrics

The song Stampede is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named Sings Ballads of True West in the year 2009 .



There's just one word I don't want to hear
When I heard it called it cost a friend quite dear
I can hear it echo as though it were now
When I was a chasin' of the long horned cow

Stampede they're comin' up to draw
Stampede three thousand herd or more
Here they come a smokin' fire boys you better earn your hire
Stampede and hell to score

Now Frank he was my partner he rode point upon my heart
We drank and fought and partnered back to back at troubles start
We heard the call on evening in the thunder and the black
When the lightnin' hit the leaders and the devil led the pack

Stampede they're comin' up to draw...

Our horses they were handy for we had just rode in
We went from drinkin' coffee to thinkin' of our sins
There wasn't time for prayin' there was hardly time to cuss
It was a smokin' roarin' rattle and the leaders were on us

Stampede they're comin' up to draw...

Old Frank's foot it missed the stirrup and his hand it missed the horn
And as the cattle crossed him from his body life was torn
I was mounted and a ridin' when I heard his final yell
Said hey Johnny head the wild bunch and do the ladies well

Stampede they're comin' up to draw...

No I ain't got no partner cause old Frank's done dead and gone
But just so he'd be remembered Peter put him in this song
Some admire headstones but I think he'd like this best
He weren't fancy in his livin' so he ain't fancy in his rest

Stampede they're comin' up to draw...




Johnny Cash - Sings Ballads of True West

Apr 2009

  1. Hiawatha's Vision
  2. Road to Kaintuck
  3. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part I
  4. Ballad of Boot Hill
  5. I Ride An Old Paint
  6. Hardin Wouldn't Run
  7. Mr. Garfield
  8. Streets Of Laredo
  9. Johnny Reb
  10. A Letter From Home
  11. Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
  12. Mean As Hell
  13. Sam Hall
  14. 25 Minutes to Go
  15. Blizzard
  16. Sweet Betsy From Pike
  17. Green Grow The Lilacs
  18. Stampede
  19. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part II
  20. Reflections


Stampede