Patanio The Pride Of The Plains Song Lyrics and Chords
Patanio The Pride Of The Plains Song Lyrics and Chords by Billy Walker
Patanio The Pride Of The Plains
Recorded by Billy Walker
Written by Harry C. McAuliffe and Bobby Gregory
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You look at the picture with a
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wondering
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And then at the arrow that's
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hanging close
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Say tell a story as
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there's one I
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Of a horse I once owned down
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in New Mexi
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He was swift as an antelope and
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black as a
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With a star on his forehead as
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white as the
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snow
His arched neck was hidden by a
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long flowing
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mane
And they called him Patanio the
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pride of the
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The country was new then the
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settlers were
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scarce
The Indians on the warpath were
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savage and
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Scouts were sent out every
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day from the
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But they never came back so we
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knew they were
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lost
One day the Captain said
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someone must
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go
For help to the border
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of New Mexi
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A dozen brave fellows straight
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way answered
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But the Captain he spied me and
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said son come
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Patanio beside me his
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nose in my
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Said the captain your horse is the
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best in the
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You're good for this ride you're the
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lightest man
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here
On the back of that mustang
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you've nothing to
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I'm proud of my horse sir
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I answered you
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know
Patanio and I are both
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willing to
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go
They all shook my hand as
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I mounted the
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Patanio sped forward and I
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gave him his
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slack
For eighty long miles over the
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plains we must
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go
For help to the border
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of New Mexi
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The black struck a trot and
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he kept it all
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night
Till just as the east was
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beginning to
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light
When back from behind me there
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came a fierce
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yell
We knew that the redskins were
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hot on our
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trail
I rose up and jingled the
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bells on his
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rein
And I stoked his neck softly and
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I called him by
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He answered my touch with a
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toss of his
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head
And his black body lengthened
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as onward he
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sped
The arrows fell round me
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like showers of
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rain
When in my left leg oh I
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felt a sharp
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pain
The red blood was flowing from
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Patanio's
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side
But he never once shortened his
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powerful
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Patanio poor fellow I
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knew he was
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hurt
But still he dashed onward
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and on to the
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By good care Patanio and
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I were soon
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well
Of his death long years after it
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hurts me to
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They write songs about him the
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cowboys still
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The legend lives on of his
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long flowing
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mane
So look at the arrow that
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hangs on the
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wall
It was shot through my leg boot
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stirrup and
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On many fine horses I've
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But none like Patanio the
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pride of the
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plains
FAQ
Who sang the the song Patanio The Pride Of The Plains?
- The song Patanio The Pride Of The Plains was sang by Billy Walker.
Who is Billy Walker?
- William Marvin Walker (January 14, 1929 - May 21, 2006) was an American country music singer and guitarist best known for his 1962 hit, "Charlie's Shoes". Nicknamed The Tall Texan, Walker had more than 30 charting records during a nearly 60-year career, and was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry.