We made camp along Red Watched the cattle as they bedded Back at the wagons, after supper We our bedrolls on the ground
And me and Willie, we the night guard And the sage smelled so sweet The moon was blazin' silver No chance for a stampede
Way yonder, off in the distance Towards the mountains there in the Did I see lightnin', did I hear My mind is weary, I could use rest
Then all at once, the wind directions The clouds rolls in behind the longhorn cattle, are gettin' restless God us all, if they stampede
Smell the rain, hear the The sky, turns black as death The lightnin' crashes, the sulfur It's rank and strong, Satan's breath
The cattle up and go to runnin' I spur my pony on and take the And across the herd, I can Willie yellin' Hey stampede!
Dust clouds rise, as the falls They mix together, the air to mud I feel the longhorns brush me And I can feel the demons racin' my blood
Then all at once, my pony We hit the ground, I up to my knees In the flash of light, I can see the comin' Lord I know I'm die in this stampede
Then I awake and I around me I'm in my bedroll and I'm layin' on the Over there's the wagon and there's the I was only dreamin', but that sound?
Then I feel the earth underneath me As the midnight sky to bleed And the blackness I can hear Willie yellin' Hey stampede!