Arkansas Dave Lyrics

He rode up on a winter day
Steam risin� off a streak face bay
Said you probably know my name
If you don�t it�s Arkansas Dave

He talked of fifteen years ago
And how he got the bay he rode
He said he killed a man in Ohio
First man he killed first horse he stole

It was a long road for Arkansas Dave
He shot and left him where he laid
He said he�d never forget that winter day
He rode off on a streak faced bay

I stood up and I shook his hand
Told no one that I knew this man
Started makin� up a plan
Bout how I�d deal him his last hand
Didn�t take him long to come unwound
He jumped up and gunned two men down
Ran outside to leave the town
But ole� bay was nowhere to be found

I head out with my forty four
And when he walked back through the door
I shot till I could shoot no more
And Dave Rudabough fell to the floor

It was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave
I shot and left him where he laid
I�ll never forget that winter day
I rode off on a streak faced bay
No I�ll never forget that winter day
When I rode home on Daddy�s streak face bay

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