Shoshone Rose

She speaks English well enough to pass for white

Works twice as hard as any man and her skin is light

Hangs back in the shadows around the fire

So no one can tell that she's Shoshone in disguise

It was easy gettin' into camp

Just waited 'til the guard got drunk and took that chance

Lay his body up the stream a quarter-mile

Now the water's running foul and they don't know why

They don't know why

They don't know why

Keep your hair up, hat down low

Don't talk to people you don't know

Tell that horse to go, go, go

And ride, Shoshone Rose

She's the last and bravest of the scouts

And the only woman standing with her head unbowed

'Cause she made a promise, took a vow

That she'd never rest until she's run the white men out

Now the Moon in new, the stars are bright

And it's dark enough to go unnoticed here tonight

Death dressed in a deerskin shroud

Is coming for the General and it's too late now

It's too late now

It's too late now

Keep your hair up, hat down low

Don't talk to people you don't know

And tell that horse to go, go, go

And ride, Shoshone Rose

She slips inside his canvas tent

Lets her black hair fall all the way down to her hips

Locks her eyes and licks her lips

Gives the General her softest kiss

Lust is smoke, it clouds the sight

By the flickering flame of candlelight

Such sweet release he closed his eyes

And barely felt the Bowie knife

The Bowie knife

The Bowie knife

Keep your hair up, hat down low

Don't talk to people you don't know

Tell that horse to go, go, go

And ride, Shoshone Rose