Old Times
 
Bear River Tom, was tough on outlaws
'till some sod buster sent him to hell.
 
Cherokee Dan sang at the funeral
he was there to wish Tom well.
 
Glad to say goodbye to this man
who'd locked him in a cell.
 
Then Dan spotted Shanghai Pierce
For whom he' been lookin' a spell.
 
So he cocked his revolver and shouted,
"Pierce, I'm gonna ring your bell!"
 
Shanghai was quick, and him pulling too
both fired, but nobody fell.
 
Then a laugh broke out in the smoke
as they holstered their guns
and someone said "What the hell."
©Steve Dirksen