The song Billy Venero is performed by Marty Robbins in the album named Under Western Skies in the year 1995 .
In an Arizona town one day
Bill Venero heard them say
That a band of Apache Indians
Were on the trail that way
Heard them tell of murder done
Three men killed at Rocky Run
"They're in danger at the cow ranch"
Said Venero under his breath!
Nearly forty miles away
Was a little place that lay
In a deep and shady valley
In the mighty wilderness
Half a score of homes were there
And in one a maiden fair
Held the heart of Bill Venero
Bill Venero's Little Bess.
So no wonder he grew pale
When he heard the cowboy's tale
Of the men that he'd seen murdered
There at Rocky Run
Sure as there's a God above
I will save the girl I love
By that love I hold for Bessie
I will see that somethin's done!
Not one minute he delayed
When this brave resolve was made
"But, man," his comrades told him
When they hears his daring plan
"You are riding straight to death!"
But he answered, "Save your breath,
I may never reach the cow ranch
But I'll do the best I can."
As he crossed the alkali
All his thoughts flew on ahead
To the little band at Cow Ranch
Thinking not a danger near
With his quirt's unceasing whirl
And the jingle of his spurs
Little Chapo bore the cowboy
OÂ'er the far away frontier.
Sharp and dear a rifle shot
Woke the echoes of the spot
"I am wounded," cried Venero
As he swayed from side to side.
"While there's life there's always hope
Slowly onward I will lope
If we fail to reach the Cow Ranch
Bessie Lee will know I tried."
Then at dusk a horse of brown
Wet with sweat came panting down
The little lane at Cow Ranch
Stopped in front of Bessie's door.
But the cowboy was asleep
And his slumber was so deep
Little Bess could never wake him
Though she tried forever more.
You have heard this story told
By the young and by the old
How the Indians killed Venero
On his way to Rocky Run.
Many years have pa*sed away
And the maiden's hair is gray
But still she places roses
On Bill Venero's grave.
Marty Robbins - Under Western Skies
Under Western Skies
- Cool Water
- In The Valley
- Running Gun
- The Master's Call
- The Little Green Valley
- A Hundred And Sixty Acres
- Billy The Kid
- The Strawberry Roan
- They're Hanging Me Tonight
- Utah Carol
- She Was Young And She Was Pretty
- Little Joe, The Wrangler
- I've Got No Use For The Women
- Billy Venero
- This Peaceful Sod
- Five Brothers
- San Angelo
- Jimmy Martinez
- Ghost Train
- Song Of The Bandit
- Wind
- Prairie Fire
- My Love
- The Bend In The River
- When The work's All Done This Fall
- Abilene Rose
- Dusty Winds
- Old Red
- Doggone Cowboy
- Small Man
- The Red Hills Of Utah
- Tall Handsome Stranger
- The Fastest Gun Around
- Man Walks Among Us
- Johnny Fedavo
- The Cowboy In The Continental Suit
- I'm Gonna Be A Cowboy
- Cry Stampede
- Oh, Virginia
- Meet Me Tonight In Laredo
- Take Me Back To The Prairie
- The Wind Goes
- An Old Pal, A Real Pal
- Feleena (From El Paso)
- Never Tie Me Down
- Lonely Old Bunkhouse
- Night Time On The Desert
- Cottonwood Tree
- Mister Shorty
- When It's Lamplighting Time InThe Valley
- Is there Anything Left I Can Say
- Waiting In Reno
- The Mission In Guadalajara
- Love's Gone Away
- Bound For Old Mexico
- Chapel Bell Chime
- Don't Go Away Senor
- In The Valley Of The Rio Grande
- (The Girl With) Gardenias In Her Hair
- Spanish Lullaby
- That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
- Chant Of The Wanderer
- (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
- South Of The Border
- Sundown (Ballad Of Bill Thaxton)
- Queen Of The Big Rodeo
- Ava Maria Morales
- The Outlaws
- I'm Kin To The Wind
- Trail Dreamin'
- She's Just A Drifter
- Way Out There
- The Ballad Of The Small Man
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- Pride And The Badge
- All Around Cowboy
- Restless Cattle
- The Dreamer