Man With The Big Hat( With Gary Fjellgaard)-Tim Hus

[ti:Man With The Big Hat] [ar:Tim Hus] [al:Bush Pilot Buckaroo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Man With The Big Hat - Tim Hus/Gary Fjellgaard [00:04.61]In a little bar in Alberta [00:06.47] [00:07.35]On a sultry summer day [00:09.33] [00:10.55]A cowboy came in off the road [00:13.16]Just to pass the time away [00:14.82] [00:16.44]He pulled a stool up at the bar [00:17.51] [00:18.84]He pushed his hat back on his head [00:20.74] [00:22.05]He ordered up Canadian Rye [00:24.44]Then he looked at me and said [00:26.74] [00:27.97]Stories [00:28.94]I could tell you stories [00:30.50]About the traders on the plains [00:32.27] [00:34.16]Talk about the Frank Slide [00:35.44] [00:36.28]And the comin' of the trains [00:38.10] [00:39.75]I could tell you stories [00:40.73] [00:41.90]About the buffalo that roamed [00:43.88] [00:45.19]Sing you the song of settlers [00:46.98] [00:47.52]Come out looking for a home [00:49.51] [00:53.01]And the man with the big hat is buying [00:56.33] [00:58.65]Drink up while the drinking is free [01:02.15] [01:04.74]Drink to the cowboys dead or a dying [01:09.33] [01:10.26]Drink to my compadres and me [01:14.31] [01:27.93]His shirt was brown and faded [01:29.55] [01:30.73]His hat was wide and black [01:32.42] [01:33.61]The pants that once were blue were grey [01:36.15]They had a pocket gone in back [01:37.98] [01:39.04]He had a finger missing from the hand [01:42.92]That rolled the smoke [01:43.84] [01:44.84]As he laughed [01:45.80]And talked of cowboy life he knew it [01:48.93]Weren't no joke [01:49.57]He said [01:50.45] [01:51.47]I rode on cattle drives from here to Saskatoon [01:55.12] [01:56.84]Ten days in the saddle [01:58.23]And weary to the bone [02:00.90] [02:03.03]I rode from here to Peace River [02:04.65] [02:05.46]Without a woman's smile [02:07.16] [02:08.52]And the campfire where I cooked my grub [02:10.41] [02:11.14]Was the only light for miles [02:13.03] [02:16.15]And the man with the big hat is buying [02:19.51] [02:21.83]Drink up while the drinking is free [02:25.52] [02:27.95]Drink to the cowboys dead or a dying [02:32.51] [02:33.47]Drink to my compadres and me [02:37.14] [02:51.42]He rested easy at the bar [02:52.91] [02:53.60]With his foot upon the rail [02:55.62] [02:56.51]As he talked all about the times [02:58.76]He'd had while living on the trail [03:01.24] [03:02.53]The silence never broken [03:03.70] [03:05.14]As the words poured from his lips [03:06.98] [03:07.98]Just as quiet as the buck knife [03:10.22] [03:11.18]That rested on his hip [03:13.16]He said [03:13.60] [03:14.65]I've seen the day so hot [03:16.23] [03:16.87]That your pony could not stand [03:18.69] [03:19.61]And if your water bag ran dry don't start counting [03:23.26]On the land [03:24.16] [03:25.77]And winters [03:26.29]Well [03:26.53]I've seen winters when your boots froze in the snow [03:29.95] [03:31.29]And your only thought was leaving [03:33.16] [03:34.05]But you had nowhere to go [03:35.99] [03:39.27]And the man with the big hat is buying [03:43.32] [03:44.94]Drink up while the drinking is free [03:48.43] [03:51.02]Drink to the cowboys dead or a dying [03:55.56] [03:56.63]Drink to my compadres and me [03:59.90] [04:14.61]He rolled one more cigarette [04:15.81] [04:16.82]Then he turned towards the door [04:18.74] [04:19.62]I could hear the spurs a jingling [04:21.60] [04:22.48]As the bootheels hit the floor [04:24.15] [04:26.08]He tighted up his belt a notch he pulled [04:28.58]His hat down on his head [04:30.21] [04:31.12]As he turned to leave he turned to me [04:34.05]And this is what the cowboy said [04:36.02] [04:37.20]The highlines chase the highways [04:38.78] [04:39.94]And the fences close the range [04:41.87] [04:42.87]And to see a working cowboy is a sight [04:46.72]That's mighty strange [04:47.60] [04:49.23]A cowboy's life is lonely [04:50.43] [04:51.39]And his love life is not the best [04:53.37] [04:54.50]But if it had not been for folks like me [04:56.66] [04:57.33]You would not have no West [04:59.18] [05:02.77]And the man with the big hat is buying [05:06.13] [05:08.42]Drink up while the drinking is free [05:12.54] [05:14.47]Drink to the cowboys dead or a dying [05:19.11] [05:20.11]Drink to my compadres and me [05:23.48] [05:26.65]So again how elong