The song Dawn's Early Light is performed by Yonder Mountain String Band in the album named Mountain Tracks: Volume 2 in the year 2002 .
That old prairie wind is blowing
I can feel it on my face
As the land, it rolls out before me
Everything, now, is in its place
My old home, I'll never go to
My old home, I'll never see
For I must ride, now, across these flatlands
Fleein' the man who murdered me
Chorus:
By the dawn's early light
Oh now, I must saddle up and ride
By the dawn's early light
Oh now, ride through the night
Into the dawn's early light
In the state of Indiana
Lived the man who killed my son
I shot his a*s dead, now I did it indeed
After ten long years on the run
But that man, he was not a loner
Had two brothers, Lord, you see
They flipped a coin, now, to let fate decide
Which one would come and murder me
[ Chorus ]
Sun comes up, I'm down in the valley
In the air, sensation over me
When I see cold men up around the corner
Both of the Brothers riding right in front of me
Down in the valley it's two against one
All men reaching for their guns
Three. Three. Three shots fired down in the valley
Two men dying in the morning sun
By the dawn's early light
My boy's kneelin' by my side
By the dawn's early light
As I lay me down to die
By the dawn's early light
Oh now, I must saddle up and ride
By the dawn's early light
Oh now, ride through the night
Riding along into the night
Riding along into the night
Yonder Mountain String Band - Mountain Tracks: Volume 2
- Dawn's Early Light
- Two Hits And The Joint Turned Brown
- Raleigh And Spencer
- Good Hearted Woman
- No Expectations
- Follow Me Down To The Riverside