Me and My Uncle

Me and my uncle went riding down

From Colorado, West Texas-bound

And so we stopped off in Santa Fe

That being the point just about halfway

And besides, it was the hottest part of the day

We led our ponies into a stall

Went to the bar, boy, and we bought drinks for all

Three days in the saddle, my body hurt

It being summer, I took off my shirt

And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt

West Texas cowboys rode into town

With gold and silver, they was loaded down

Day after payday, and it seemed a shame

And so my uncle, he starts a friendly game

Jacks to open and the winner takes the gain

Now from the beginning, Uncle starts to win

Those Texas cowboys, they was mad as sin

Some said he cheated, ah, but that can't be

I know my uncle, he's just as honest as me

And I'm just as honest as a Denver man can be

So one of them cowboys, he thought to draw

I grabbed a bottle, slapped him upside the jaw

I gunned another, he won't grow old

And in the confusion, Uncle grabbed the gold

And we hightailed it down the road to Mexico

Now here's to cowboys, and here's to gold

Here's to my uncle, God rest his soul

He taught me well, boys, he taught me all I know

And he taught me so well that I got his gold

And I left him laying there dead by the side of the road