Marty Robbins - Utah Carol Lyrics
And now my friends you've asked me what makes me sad and stillAnd why my brow is darkened like the clouds upon the hillRun in your ponies closer and I'll tell to you my taleOf Utah Carol my partner and his last ride on the trailWe rode the range together and rode it side by sideI loved him like a brother, and I wept when Utah diedWe were rounding up one morning when work was almost doneWhen on his side the cattle started on a frightened runUnderneath the saddle that the boss's daughter rodeUtah that very morning had placed a bright red robeSo the saddle might ride easy for Lenore his little friendAnd it was this red blanket that brought him to his endThe blanket was now dragging behind her on the groundThe frightened cattle saw it and charged it with a boundLenore then saw her danger and turned her pony's faceAnd leaning in the saddle tied the blanket to its placeBut in leaning lost her balance, fell in front of that wild tide"Lay still Lenore I'm coming" were the words that Utah criedHis faithful pony saw her and reached her in a boundI thought he'd been successful, and raised her from the groundBut the weight upon the saddle had not been felt beforeHis backcinch snapped like thunder and he fell by LenorePicking up the blanket he swung it over his headAnd started cross the prairie, "Lay still Lenore" he saidWhen he got the stampede turned and saved Lenore his friendHe turned to face the cattle and meet his fatal endHis six gun flashed like lightning, the report rang loud and clearAs the cattle rushed and killed him he dropped the leading steerOn his funeral morning I heard the preacher sayI hope we'll all meet Utah at the roundup far awayThen they wrapped him in a blanket that saved his little friendAnd it was this red blanket that brought him to his end
