Biography:
John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With them, he had several major successes, most notably in 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.
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Other songs:
- Whispering Pines
- All For The Love Of A Girl
- All Grown Up
- All Grownup
- Alley Girl Ways
- Ballad Of The Green Berets
- Battle Of Bull Run
- Bawlin Baby
- Betty Lorraine
- Big Wheels Rolling
- Church By The Side Of The Road
- Comanche
- Counterfeit Love
- Done Roving
- Dont Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone
- Empty Bed Blues
- First Train Heading South
- Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
- Honky Tonk Man
- I Love You Baby
- Im A One Woman Man
- Im Coming Home
- Its A Long Rocky Road
- Jim Bridger
- Mean Mean Mean Son Of A Gun
- Miss Marcy
- North To Alaska
- Ole Slew Foot
- Schottische In Texas
- Sink The Bismarck
- Sleepy0Eyed John
- Take Me Like I Am
- The Battle Of Bull Run
- The Battle Of New Orleans
- The Mansion You Stole
- The Sinking Of The Reuben James
- The Woman I Need
- They Shined Up Rudolphs Nose
- When Its Springtime In Alaska Its 40 Below Acoustic
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He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know,
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he spoke the language of the Sioux
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the Blackfoot and the Crow.
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
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Sit in on their war council, don’t laugh away their pride,
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but Custer didn’t listen, at Little Big Horn Custer died.
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That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
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There’s poems and there’s legends that tell of Carson’s fame,
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yet compared to Jim Bridger, Kit was civilized and tame.
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These words are straight from Carson’s lips,
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if you place such store by him,
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if there’s a man who knows this gun – forsaken land it’s Jim.
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Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
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That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
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Once there was a mountain man who couldn’t write his name,
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yet he deserves a front row seat in history’s hall of fame.
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He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know,
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he spoke the language of the Sioux
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the Blackfoot and the Crow.
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Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
A7 D
That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
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but I doubt if we’d a been here, if it weren’t for men like Jim.
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He spoke with General Custer and said, “Listen, Yellow Hair,
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the Sioux were a great nation, so treat them fair and square.
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Sit in on their war council, don’t laugh away their pride,
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but Custer didn’t listen, at Little Big Horn Custer died.
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Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
A7 D
That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
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but I doubt if we’d a been here, if it weren’t for men like Jim.
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There’s poems and there’s legends that tell of Carson’s fame,
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yet compared to Jim Bridger, Kit was civilized and tame.
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These words are straight from Carson’s lips,
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if you place such store by him,
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if there’s a man who knows this gun – forsaken land it’s Jim.
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Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
A7 D
That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
E E7 A
but I doubt if we’d a been here, if it weren’t for men like Jim.
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