'Til the rain

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'Til the rain

Clouds of dust encircled me on the north forty plain,

‘til the rain

and that was the day that the bumble bee caused me a lot of pain

I was roundin’ the cattle ~ was ‘bout noon, I think

The day was as still as the midnight moon, the sky a blistery pink,

The fire started at Pecos Place,

the Sheriff was combin’ the town,

when in walked old Charlie from Memphis,

that’s when the shootin' went down

The Sheriff ~ he shot old Charlie,

but Charlie ~ he shot him too

before he went down he pulled out a stick that he had shoved down in his shoe

It went off with a blast

Pecos Place saw its last,

then windstorms from south ~ ~ ~ up dey blew

Clouds of dust encircled me on the north forty plain,

‘til the rain

and that was the day that the bumble bee caused me a lot of pain.

ldn