ALONG SIDE THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Words: James Grafton Rogers, 1911
Sung by: Ed McCurdy
Say, pal have you sighted a schooner
‘Long side of the Santa Fe Trail?
They made it here Monday or sooner
With a water keg tied on the rail,
There was Daddy and Ma on the mule-seat
And somewhere along by the way
Was a tow-headed gal on a pinto
Just a-janglin' for old Santa Fe
Ref. Yo ho, yo ho
Just a-janglin’ for old Santa Fe
Yo ho, yo ho
Just a-janglin’ for old Santa Fe
I seen her ride down the arroya
Way back on the Arkansas sand
She had a smile like an acre of sunflowers
An' a quirt (whip)in her little brown hand
She mounted her pinto so airy
She rode like she carried the mail,
And her eyes near set fire to the prairie
'Long side of the Santa Fe Trail
Ref. Yo ho, yo ho
‘Long side of the Santa Fe trail
Yo ho, yo ho
‘Long side of the Santa Fe trail
Oh, I know a gal down on the border
That I'd ride to El Paso to sight
I'm acquainted with the high-flyin' orders
And I've sometimes kissed some gals goodnight
But Lord, they're all fluffles and beadin'
And drink afternoon tea by the pail
I’m not used to that sort of stampedin'
‘Long side of the Santa Fe trail
Ref. Yo ho, yo ho
‘Long side of the Santa Fe trail
Yo ho, yo ho
‘Long side of the Santa Fe trail
Now, I don't know her name on the prairie
For when you’re hunting one gal it’s so wide!
And it’s shorter from hell to Hillairy
Than it is on that Santa Fe ride
So I’ll try to make Plummers by sundown
Where a camp can be made in the swale (shallow depression)
Then I'll come on that gal with her pinto
She’ll be camped by the Santa Fe Trail
Ref. Yo ho, yo ho
She’ll be camped by the Santa Fe trail
Yo ho, yo ho
She’ll be camped by the Santa Fe trail
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Lyrics Submitted by Bob Sontrop