Jim Bridger Lyrics - Johnny Horton

Once there was a mountain, man who couldn't write his name 

Yet he deserves a front row seat in History's Hall of Fame 

He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know 

He spoke the language of the Sioux the Black Foot and the Crow 

(Let's drink to old Jim Bridger yes lift your glasses high) 

As long as there's the U.S.A. don't let his memory die 

(That he was making history never once occurred to him) 

But I doubt if we'd been here if it weren't for men like Jim 

He spoke with General Custer and said listen Yellow Hair 

The Sioux 'ar a great nation so treat 'em fair and square 

Sit in on their war councils, don't laugh away their pride 

But Custer didn't listen, at Little Big Horn Custer died 

(Let's drink to old Jim Bridger) 

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There's poems and there's legends that tell of Carson's fame 

Yet compared to Jim Bridger Kit was civilized and tame 

These words are straight from Carson's lips if you place such store by him 

If there's a man who knows this God forsaken land it's Jim 

(Let's drink to old Jim Bridger) 

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