Ed Trafton

With a herd of stolen ponies he set out on a roll Trailed em over conner pass and on down to jackson hole He was doin time in boise when he came up with a plan Gonna rob the stage in yellowstone with a one man outlaw band He was pushin 65 when he got out of the pen Got a real honest job it was good to be home again He told his darlin minnie i got one more trick to play We go live among the palm trees out in californ i a July of 1914 is remembered oh so well The grand tour left old faithful bound for the great hotel The tourist chatted gaily as they looked out on the land Ed was waitin up the road with six gun in his hand When the first stage hit the clearin he stepped out from a tree Said boys this is a hold up, now listen close to me As you look out of the coach you see a blanket on the ground Kindly leave your gold and silver there and throw them greenbacks Down Now all the ladies said how ed was quite cavalier As he took the husbands money and the trinkets they held dear An old woman started cryin just as scared as she could be Ed said madam keep your things you must need em more than me He had the drivers pull around to the far side of the park And the tourist had a picnic it was gettin on towards dark Fifteen coaches in a row he robbed them all that day Then he slipped back in the forest and made his getaway BREAK Now he took her down to denver it wasn all that far Champaign caviar bought fancy touring car They livin quite the highlife he layed his money down Minnie was right there with him til she caught him foolin around Now she got madder than a rattlesnake next day she turned him in Found his loot out in the barn, he right back in the pen Now listen all you rounders there a moral to this song If your going to be a robber man, don do your good gal wrong (2x)