- My Black Horse
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- Randy Dandy Bob was big as most
men that he met
- But twice as ornery as the
roughest when they get all wet
- He rode a black horse that he'd
won from a kid called Single Jim
- N' poor old Jim was angry bout
losin' that horse to him
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- See Single Jim had bought that
horse from his uncle Charlie O.
- And just got careless on a bet
he'd made with Bob you know
- N' every time they'd pass in town
Bob would razz poor Jim
- So Jim decided to hatch a plan
with the help of Slippery Slim
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- They figured that they'd get Dandy
Bob in a game of chance
- Over at uncle Charley's' bar
called the "Greenhorn Dance"
- Where Single Jim and Slippery Slim
would rig the deck of cards
- And walk away with the horse like
two old well greased pards
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- Of course unbeknownst to them
their plan was overheard
- Cause they tended to talk about it
like a preacher with the word
- It was little Ready Teddy who
listened in one night
- Sittin' at the very table as they
talked about Bobs' plight
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- And Teddy rode out to see Bob at
his place when the moon was high
- But Bob was drunk and shot young
TeddyÉ causin' him to die
- And Randy Dandy Bob got locked up
in the jail to go on trial
- While Jim and Slippery Slim cursed
and stood in single file
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- To get into the courthouse and
watch the trial begin
- They wondered if he'd hang cause
killin' is a sin
- sure enough when it was o'er Bob
was gonna swing
- but he still laughed at Single Jim
and said "Don't that sting?"
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- cause Bob had give the horse to
his close friend Happy Bill
- who gave a proper farewell to old
Bob up on Boothill
- but Single Jim still sulked about
the black horse everyday
- hopin' him and Slippery Slim could
make some kind of play
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- but Happy Bill did not gamble nor
make the foolish bet
- he knew the story of Single
Jim although they'd never met
- and one day he came to town with
the black tied to his wagon
- gave the horse to Jim and told him
I never liked old Bobby's braggin'
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