First came the wagons, then came the trains
They drove the Indians off of the plains
Then came the white man with his fences and sheep
Tore up the ground where the Great Spirit sleeps
And Father Boren was a North Texas man
He was a cowboy and he loved the land
He fathered nine children
He was a cowboy and he loved the land

And he raised six more
And his daddy fought in
Our first civil war
My grandmother Axton
Was part Cherokee
She kept it a secret
She kept it a secret
She kept it a secret
From daddy and me
For someone had told her
In her early childhood
For someone had told her

In her early childhood
For someone had told her
You better not mention
You better not mention





Your Indian blood
Washington Bureau
Of Indian Affairs
Yeah, the white man loves money
He didn't care
About starving people
And dying came slow
Now they have all followed
The wild and the wild
Buffalo