Utah Carol-Marty Robbins

[ti:Utah Carol] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Beyond El Paso Vol. 2 - (The Dave Cash Collection)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Utah Carol - Marty Robbins [00:05.78]And now my friends you've asked me [00:08.08] [00:08.69]What makes me sad and still [00:10.66] [00:11.51]And why my brow is darkened [00:13.39] [00:14.22]Like the clouds upon the hill [00:16.21] [00:17.16]Run in your ponies closer [00:18.74] [00:19.84]And I'll tell to you my tale [00:21.89] [00:22.80]Of Utah Carol my partner [00:24.77] [00:25.64]And his last ride on the trail [00:27.42] [00:28.55]We rode the range together [00:30.36] [00:31.32]And rode it side by side [00:33.33] [00:34.25]I loved him like a brother [00:36.20] [00:36.94]And I wept when Utah died [00:38.84] [00:39.74]We were rounding up one morning [00:41.76] [00:42.64]When work was almost done [00:44.38] [00:45.78]When on his side the cattle [00:47.45] [00:48.11]Started on a frightened run [00:50.03] [00:51.42]Underneath the saddle [00:53.54]That the boss's daughter rode [00:55.55] [00:56.61]Utah that very morning [00:58.79] [00:59.56]Had placed a bright red robe [01:01.30] [01:02.16]So the saddle might ride [01:04.00]Easy for Lenore his little friend [01:06.58] [01:07.92]And it was this red blanket [01:09.85] [01:10.80]That brought him to his end [01:12.66] [01:13.97]The blanket was now dragging [01:15.39] [01:16.54]Behind her on the ground [01:18.39] [01:19.50]The frightened cattle saw it [01:21.16] [01:22.15]And charged it with a bound [01:23.92] [01:25.19]Lenore then saw her danger [01:26.85] [01:27.73]And turned her pony's face [01:29.62] [01:30.64]And leaning in the saddle tied [01:33.96]The blanket to its place [01:35.48] [01:36.25]But in leaning lost her balance [01:38.17] [01:38.78]Fell in front of that wild tide [01:40.98] [01:41.94]"Lay still Lenore I'm coming" [01:44.06] [01:44.66]Were the words that Utah cried [01:46.60] [01:47.53]His faithful pony saw her [01:49.48] [01:50.35]And reached her with a bound [01:52.12] [01:53.28]I thought he'd been successful [01:54.91] [01:56.03]And raised her from the ground [01:57.92] [01:58.80]But the weight upon the saddle [02:00.79] [02:01.71]Had not been felt before [02:03.30] [02:04.52]His backcinch snapped like thunder [02:06.08] [02:07.26]And he fell by Lenore [02:08.99] [02:10.59]Picking up the blanket [02:12.05] [02:13.18]He swung it over his head [02:15.02] [02:15.87]And started cross the prairie [02:17.68] [02:18.61]"Lay still Lenore" he said [02:20.49] [02:21.46]When he got the stampede turned [02:23.37] [02:24.26]And saved Lenore his friend [02:26.12] [02:27.16]He turned to face the cattle [02:28.96] [02:29.83]And meet his fatal end [02:31.70] [02:32.72]His six gun flashed like lightning [02:34.66] [02:35.46]The report rang loud and clear [02:37.35] [02:38.21]As the cattle rushed and killed him [02:40.59] [02:41.22]He dropped the leading steer [02:42.96] [02:44.37]On his funeral morning [02:45.90] [02:46.68]I heard the preacher say [02:48.66] [02:49.60]I hope we'll all meet Utah [02:51.51] [02:52.36]At the roundup far away [02:53.83] [02:55.07]Then they wrapped him in a blanket [02:58.02]That saved his little friend [02:59.45] [03:00.93]And it was this red blanket [03:02.95] [03:03.82]That brought him to his end