Utah Carol-Marty Robbins

[ti:Utah Carol] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Vols. 1 & 2 (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Utah Carol - Marty Robbins [00:05.49]And now my friends you've asked me what makes me sad and still [00:10.55] [00:11.27]And why my brow is darkened like the clouds upon the hill [00:16.05] [00:16.87]Run in your ponies closer and I'll tell to you my tale [00:21.79] [00:22.50]Of Utah Carol my partner and his last ride on the trail [00:27.51] [00:28.20]We rode the range together and rode it side by side [00:33.28] [00:34.04]I loved him like a brother and I wept when Utah died [00:38.87] [00:39.51]We were rounding up one morning when work was almost done [00:44.48] [00:45.51]When on his side the cattle started on a frightened run [00:49.79] [00:51.18]Underneath the saddle that the boss's daughter rode [00:55.62] [00:56.26]Utah that very morning had placed a bright red robe [01:01.19] [01:01.94]So the saddle might ride easy for Lenore his little friend [01:06.89] [01:07.72]And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end [01:12.59] [01:13.71]The blanket was now dragging behind her on the ground [01:18.25] [01:19.34]The frightened cattle saw it and charged it with a bound [01:23.81] [01:24.92]Lenore then saw her danger and turned her pony's face [01:29.71] [01:30.28]And leaning in the saddle tied the blanket to its place [01:35.11] [01:36.02]But in leaning lost her balance fell in front of that wild tide [01:40.79] [01:41.76]"Lay still Lenore I'm coming" were the words that Utah cried [01:46.12] [01:47.01]His faithful pony saw her and reached her in a bound [01:52.04] [01:52.85]I thought he'd been successful and raised her from the ground [01:57.71] [01:58.49]But the weight upon the saddle had not been felt before [02:03.41] [02:04.24]His backcinch snapped like thunder and he fell by Lenore [02:09.21] [02:10.10]Picking up the blanket he swung it over his head [02:14.66] [02:15.62]And started cross the prairie "Lay still Lenore" he said [02:20.21] [02:21.14]When he got the stampede turned and saved Lenore his friend [02:25.74] [02:26.79]He turned to face the cattle and meet his fatal end [02:31.55] [02:32.20]His six gun flashed like lightning the report rang loud and clear [02:37.81]As the cattle rushed and killed him he dropped the leading steer [02:42.75] [02:44.15]On his funeral morning I heard the preacher say [02:49.14]I hope we'll all meet Utah at the roundup far away [02:54.09] [02:54.81]Then they wrapped him in a blanket that saved his little friend [02:59.93] [03:00.73]And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end