Lions in The Lair
Charlie Vavra
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When seven gentlemen On stolen mares rode in No one suspected foul play Seeking supper and a bed They were amply fed By a granger with a loft up in the hay Obliging their request As the old code of the West Says you never turn a stranger from your door But their eyes were on the gold And the shipment they were told Was arriving the next evening right on time So they surveyed all the track Of the train a-rollin' back From Cheyenne on the new Rock Island line Once practiced in their deeds They saddled up their steeds And headed out as soldiers into war They claimed that they were blameless Like Robin Hood of yore But widows, waifs and tombstones Were all they gave the poor And the gentlemen in the haymow Were but Lions in the Lair In the Wild West of I-o-way When first they took Adair Under evening summer skies They pried away the ties From the track at the curve of Turkey Creek With a rope tied to the rail Hid along the ambush trail Eager for the havoc they could wreak As the train came 'round the bend They yanked the other end And the engine plunged and toppled on its side It was the driver first who fell As they cried the rebel yell And lead from their revolvers snapped and strafed With a gun held to his head And a threat to shoot him dead The guard was forced to open up the safe They shot at any place Where a man dared show his face Warning, "Don't let this day be your last ride" Misguided Southern sons Fighting on as if they'd won Hooded heads and bloodied hands The very visage of the Klan As they finished their harangue The hooded robber gang Hauled away the spoils from the crime Angry curses from their mouths The outlaws headed South To lay low in Little Dixie for a time Sheltered there by friends Who were hungry for revenge For the somber toll of Johnny Reb's death knell They were ten years on the run Blazing thunder from their guns As they kept up their terror reign Though their Colts were sure and fast They could not escape their past Condemned men waiting for a train To perish by the sword Would be their just reward All other debts they'd settle up in hell They claimed that they were blameless Like Robin Hood of yore But widows, waifs and tombstones Were all they gave the poor And the gentlemen in the haymow Were but Lions in the Lair In the Wild West of I-o-way Just outside Adair Misguided Southern sons Fighting on as if they'd won Hooded heads and bloodied hands The very visage of the Klan
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