[00:07.27]Sam Bass was born in Indiana, it was his native home,
[00:14.57]And at the age of seventeen Sam began to roam.
[00:21.86]When Sam first came to Texas a cowboy for to be
[00:29.09]A kinder-hearted fellow you seldom ever see.
[00:36.35]
[00:36.36]Sam used to deal in race-stock, one called the Denton mare;
[00:43.49]He matched her in scrub races and he took her to the fair.
[00:51.25]He used to coin the money, and spent it rather free;
[00:58.40]He always drank good whiskey wherever he might be.
[01:05.64]
[01:05.65]Sam he left the Collins ranch in the early month of May,
[01:12.87]With a herd of Texas cattle the Black Hills for to see;
[01:20.00]Sold out in Custer City, and then went on a spree
[01:27.29]And a tougher set of cowboys you seldom ever see.
[01:34.62]
[01:34.63]On their way back to Texas they robbed the U.P. train,
[01:41.98]And then split up in couples and started out again;
[01:49.09]Joe Collins and his partner was overtaken soon,
[01:56.26]With all their hard-earned money they had to meet their doom.
[02:03.82]
[02:03.83]Sam had four companions, four bold and daring lads
[02:10.87]Frank Jackson, Harry Underwood, Joe Collins, and Old Dad;
[02:18.10]Such bold and daring cowboys Rangers never knew,
[02:25.52]They whipped the Texas Rangers and they ran the boys in blue.
[02:32.61]
[02:32.62]Jim Murphy was arrested, and then released on bail;
[02:39.94]He jumped his bond at Tyler and then they took off on the trail;
[02:47.14]But Mayor Barnes had posted him and that was all a stall,
[02:54.54]It was a plan to capture Sam before the coming fall.
[03:01.98]
[03:01.99]Sam met his fate at Round Rock, July the twenty-first,
[03:08.96]They pierced poor Sam with rifle balls and emptied out his purse.
[03:16.60]Sam he is now a corpse and six foot under clay,
[03:23.55]And Jackson's on the border till trying to get away.
[03:31.03]
[03:31.04]Jim he stole Sam's good gold and he didn't want to pay,
[03:38.58]The only way he saw to win was to give poor Sam away.
[03:45.35]he sold out Sam and Barnes and he left their friends to mourn-
[03:52.85]What a scorching Jim will get when Gabriel blows his horn!
[04:01.72]
[04:01.73]Jim Murphy sold out Sam and Barnes and left their friends to mourn
[04:11.68]and what a scorching Jim will get when Gabriel blows his horn!
[04:21.70]Perhaps he's gone to heaven, there's none of us can say,
[04:31.71]But if I'm right in my surmise he's gone the other way.

Sam Bass was born in Indiana, it was his native home,
And at the age of seventeen Sam began to roam.
When Sam first came to Texas a cowboy for to be
A kinder-hearted fellow you seldom ever see.
Sam used to deal in race-stock, one called the Denton mare;
He matched her in scrub races and he took her to the fair.
He used to coin the money, and spent it rather free;
He always drank good whiskey wherever he might be.
Sam he left the Collins ranch in the early month of May,
With a herd of Texas cattle the Black Hills for to see;
Sold out in Custer City, and then went on a spree
And a tougher set of cowboys you seldom ever see.
On their way back to Texas they robbed the U.P. train,
And then split up in couples and started out again;
Joe Collins and his partner was overtaken soon,
With all their hard-earned money they had to meet their doom.
Sam had four companions, four bold and daring lads
Frank Jackson, Harry Underwood, Joe Collins, and Old Dad;
Such bold and daring cowboys Rangers never knew,
They whipped the Texas Rangers and they ran the boys in blue.
Jim Murphy was arrested, and then released on bail;
He jumped his bond at Tyler and then they took off on the trail;
But Mayor Barnes had posted him and that was all a stall,
It was a plan to capture Sam before the coming fall.
Sam met his fate at Round Rock, July the twenty-first,
They pierced poor Sam with rifle balls and emptied out his purse.
Sam he is now a corpse and six foot under clay,
And Jackson's on the border till trying to get away.
Jim he stole Sam's good gold and he didn't want to pay,
The only way he saw to win was to give poor Sam away.
he sold out Sam and Barnes and he left their friends to mourn-
What a scorching Jim will get when Gabriel blows his horn!
Jim Murphy sold out Sam and Barnes and left their friends to mourn
and what a scorching Jim will get when Gabriel blows his horn!
Perhaps he's gone to heaven, there's none of us can say,
But if I'm right in my surmise he's gone the other way.