Way Out In Idaho

verse 1 I was walking around in Denver One luckless rainy day, When Kilpatrick's mancatcher Came up to me and did say I'll lay you down five dollars Quickly as I can If you'll hurry up and catch the train, She's starting from Cheyenne. Way out in Idaho, Way out in Idaho, A-workin' on the narrow gauge Way out in Idaho. verse 2 Well he laid me down five dollars, Like many another man, And I hurried to the depot As happy as a clam When I got to Pocatello My troubles begin to grow, I was waitin' in the sagebrush The rain, the wind, the snow. Way out in Idaho, Way out in Idaho, A-workin' on the narrow gauge Way out in Idaho. verse 3 When I got to American Falls, It was there I met Fat Jack, He kept a little hotel tent Along beside the track. Now says he, you are a stranger, Perhaps your funds are low, Well yonder stands me hotel tent, The best in Idaho. Way out in Idaho, Way out in Idaho, A-workin' on the narrow gauge Way out in Idaho. verse 4 Well I followed my conductor Into his hotel tent, And for one square and hearty meal, I paid him my last cent. Now Jack's a jolly fellow, You'll always find him so, A-working on the narrow gauge, Way out in Idaho. Way out in Idaho, Way out in Idaho, A-workin' on the narrow gauge Way out in Idaho. Verse 5 Well he put me to work next morning With a cranky cuss called Bill, They gave me a ten pound hammer To strike upon the drill They said if I didn't like it, I could take my shirts and go, And they'd keep my blankets for my board Way out in Idaho. Way out in Idaho, Way out in Idaho, A-workin' on the narrow gauge Way out in Idaho. Verse 6 Well it filled my heart with pity, As I walked along the tracks, To see so many old bundlers With their packs upon their backs They said the work was heavy, The grub they could not go Around Kilpatrick's dirty tables Way out in Idaho. Way out in Idaho, Way out in Idaho, A-workin' on the narrow gauge Way out in Idaho. Verse 7 Well, now I'm well and working Down in the harvest camps, And there I will continue Till I make a few more stamps I'll go back to New Mexico, Marry a girl I know, And we'll buy us a horse and buggy And go back to Idaho.