johnny horton
the jim bridger story
once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his name yet he deserves the front row seat in history's hall of fame he forgot more about the indians than we will ever know he spoke the language of the sioux the black foot and the crow as long as there's the usa don't let his memory die but i doubt if we'd been here if it weren't for men like jim he spoke with general custer and said listen yellow hair the sioux are the great nation so treat 'em fair and square sit in on their war councils don't laugh away their pride but custer didn't listen at little big horn custer died as long as there's the usa don't let his memory die but i doubt if we'd been here if it weren't for men like jim there's poems and there's legends that tell of carson's fame yet compared to jim bridger kit was civilized and tame these words are straight from carson's lips if you place that story by him if there's a man who knows this god forsaken land it's jim as long as there's the usa don't let his memory die but i doubt if we'd been here if it weren't for men like jim