Old Tom Hom Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

Now back in old Wyoming many long years ago 

When there was no law and order round to regulate the show 

Those old Wyoming ranchers had a problem on their hands 

Trying to keep the cow thieves and the rustlers off their land 

Now old Tom Horn came a riding up one day 

Gonna lend a hand to the cattlemen in his own peculiar way 

Well he took his 44-40 out and cleaned it up right well 

Then he rode off down Dry Gulch with a sack of rifle shells 

Old Tom Horn with a rifle by his side through the hills of Wyoming he would ride 

There ain't no tellin' how many cattle thieves he killed 

But it was God help the rustler when Tom Horn was in the hill 

If you rode the Larame Valley by either day or night 

You can be right sure he's watchin' you through his rifle sights 

He laid out in the bushes and the rustler come around 

Then he'll spill the boy with a single shot and chamber one more round 

Now the rustlers tried to stop him but they found there was no way 

He could pick them off from a mountain side a half mile away 

Well they ran him down the border but they never touched his hide 

He just slipped across to his hide out on the Colorado side 

Old Tom Horn with a rifle... 

Then one day young Willie Nickle was out a ridin' around 

A 44-40 shot rang out and laid the poor boy down 

Well it was only fourteen years since that little kid was born 

And they said it looked like the doing's of that lonesome Tom Horn 

So the cattlemen went and strung him up with a length of fresh snipped rope 

But his ghost still hangs out in the hills and spooks the Antelope 

Now all the rustlers hatred and all the cattlemen's fears 

Have keep all Tom Horn alive through all the changing years 

Old Tom Horn with a rifle...