THE GIFT
By Ian Tyson - ASCAP
1986 Slick Fork Music CAPAC
In old St. Louis over in Missouri
The mighty Mississippi it rolls and flows
A son was born to Mary Russell
And it starts the legend every cowboy knows
Young Kid Russell he was born to wonder
Ever westword he was bound to roam
Just a kid of sixteen in 1880
Up in wild Montana he found his home
Chorus:
God made Montana for the wild man
For the Peigan and the Sioux and Crow
But He saved His greatest gift for Charlie
Said get her all down before she goes -
Charlie
You gotta get her all down cause she's bound
to go
God hung the stars over Judith Basin
God put the magic in young Charlie's hand
All was seen and all remembered
Every shining mountain every longhorn brand
He could paint the light on horsehide shining
Great passing herds of the buffalo
And a cowcamp cold on a rainy morning
And the twisting wrist of the Houlihan throw
Repeat Chorus
When the Lord called Charlie to His home up
yonder
He said Kid Russell I got a job for you
You're in charge of sunsets in old Montana
Cause I can't paint them quite as good as you
And when you're done - we'll go out and have
a few
And Nancy Russell will make sure it's just two
Repeat Chorus
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