The wind was relentless as the cruel sun burned Your back bent to task each mountain pass turned Were you told there'd be riches like silver and gold? Enough to live free and be wealthy, if bold? When you packed your old Jenny with all she could carry And led her through crags over long arid valley Did that burro take heed of your actions and word? Or was cougar and rattlesnake all that she heard? The East turned to myth, it's troubles behind Ahead the trails empty of

The wind was relentless as the cruel sun burned Your back bent to task each mountain pass turned Were you told there'd be riches like silver and gold? Enough to live free and be wealthy, if bold? When you packed your old Jenny with all she could carry And led her through crags over long arid valley Did that burro take heed of your actions and word? Or was cougar and rattlesnake all that she heard? The East turned to myth, it's troubles behind Ahead the trail lay empty of all