I was out in the wild    Trying to catch some supper    And bring it home to sweet mama..    But when the pony headed back    To our home valley..    I knew I'd been gone too long:       - And I crossed the Rock River the day before she died       I reached home just afer dark..    Looking for mama    But she was nowhere on our land...    So I kicked the frontdoor open    Saw the rope above her    And the shadow of the dirty gunman...       - And I crossed the Rock River the day before she died       I chased him through Arkansas    From Texas to Missouri...    He took me up north    From Saint Antoine To Saint Louis    He was haunted    But I had the time    I wanted him back    To the scene of the crime       - And he crossed the Rock River the day before he died...       Well, we reached Rock River    And we reached the other side...    He looked back    Kinda fraid for his life    I pulled my trigger    And I hitted him    Right between the eyes    And then I roped him up to mama    To the roaches & the flys...       Rock River Rock River    Rock River Rock River    Rock River