Here are the lyrics to "The Young Mountie's Prayer":
"The Young Mountie's Prayer
Way up in the far north country,
In a place called Arroyo;
'Twas there I met my brother,
His story you will know.
We were best pals from childhood,
And times he rode by my side;
I'll tell you first how he lived, boys,
Then I'll tell how he died.
We were boys together,
I remember how we cried;
I was only seventeen,
He, ten, when Mother died.
Jack grew up as a cowboy,
Could ride and rope with the best;
But he fell in with evil companions,
In the fur-trapping business out west.
One day when he came from his trap-line,
He wasn't surprised when he saw;
A red-coated ranger in the doorway,
For he knew he had broken the law.
In a cabin in Canada's Rockies,
Where there's nothing but beauty and trees;
Jack took the life of a ranger,
A Canadian Mounted Police.
The captain then called me beside him,
Said, 'Rod, you're not to blame;
Before that young ranger died, son,
He mentioned your young brother's name.'
'I hope that Jack isn't guilty,
But I'll get him if I can;
I'll leave here with your orders,
A Mountie will get his man.'
For day and days I trailed him,
Broken, disgusted, and sad;
He finally left me a letter,
Saying, 'Rod, you'll take me in dead.'
I finally found his trail, boys,
From tracks they left in the snow;
They led to a little log cabin,
Back to our old Arroyo home.
I told him to surrender,
His answer to me was in lead;
I fired three shots in the darkness,
And my little brother lay dead.
O Mother in heaven, forgive me,
For sending the boy to his grave;
And God up in heaven, I'm grateful,
You've answered this young Mountie's prayer."
Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador
http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/10/mountie.htm
If you are interested in hearing this song again, the cowboy singer
Yodelin' Slim Clark has recorded it, and you can order a cassette or
CD from Slim's wife Kathy:
"Yodeling Slim Clark
Tape $14.75 - CD $17.75
(Includes Shipping and Handling)
Side One - My Little Swiss Miss, Big Rock Candy Mountain, When The
Works All Done This Fall, The Cat Came Back, Sweet Little Bluebird,
Sittin' In The Saddle, The Mountie's prayer, Yodel Your Trouble Away,
I should Have Known, Yodel Train, The Wedding of The Little Swiss
Miss, Yippee Ti-Yi-Yo
Side Two - My Happy Cowboy Life, Yodeling Mad, My Calgary Home, Billy
Venero, The Swiss Yodeling Cowboy, Yodeling Demonstration, Just One
More Yodel, Little Sed Sandy, Matilda Higgins, Swiss Dreams, Rocky
Mountain Yodeler, When You're Blue, Just Yodel...
Contact Information:
Kathy Clark
91 Finson Rd.
St. Albans, ME. 04971"
MacKenzie Traditional Music
http://www.crosslink.net/~bigmack9/slimcrk.htm
The song is also available on another Slim Clark collection which can
be purchased here:
The Music Barn
http://www.themusicbarn.com/ecom/products_detail/ES202
Google search strategy:
Google Web Search: "mountie's prayer"
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