Navajo Wrangler

Between Gallup and Shiprock, he was born in a Hogan

And his spirit was as free as an eagle flies

Deep in the canyons out in Arizona

He broke his first pony before he turned fiveHe learned how to hide in the branches of the canyons

The young riders herded the wild horses by

Then quick as a bobcat he closed in the willows

And a new crop of Mustangs were waitin' insideHe's a Navajo wrangler, an Indian cowboy

Bridles and saddles just get in his way

There ain't another on the whole reservation

Like the Navajo wrangler from canyon de ChellyHe never breaks horses with his spurs or a saddle

Just uses a blanket and a firm gentle hand

He's known far and wide from Chinle to Red Rock

And there ain't a horse he can't ride on the Navajo land