Roy had been my favorite  horse for at least the last 12 years.
He and i had seen a lot of country and punched a lot of steers.

Well things were just like normal when we started out that day.
I saddled old  roy up climbed aboard and we were on our way.

We were headed up to the south fork pasture where i heard a wolf'd been hangin round.
If i found  any wolf sign there, well, tomorrow  we'd  have  drive those cattle down.

The day was warm and sunny that made for a pleasant trip.
And We'd  be there in an hour if we kept  a steady clip.

After a 5 or 6 hours lookin for wolf sign i didn't find a clue.
And i had to get back to ranch cause i still had chores to do.

We kind of needed to hurry  cause a bit to long we'd stayed.
So i planned to take a short cut and go down the hard shale grade.

Me and Roy had been down the grade many times before.
So i saw no reason why we could'd make it down once more.

So me and Roy set out as the day began to fade.
And it wasn't long and we found ourselfs at the top of the...