We made camp along Red River   Watched the cattle as they bedded down   Back at the wagons, right after supper   We spread our bed rolls on the ground   And me and Willie, we took the night guard   And the sage never smelled so sweet   The prairie moon, was blazin’ silver   No chance tonight for a stampede      Way over yonder, off in the distance   Towards the mountains there in the west   Did I see lightenin'?   Did I hear thunder?   My mind is weary, I could use some rest.   Then all at once, the wind shifts directions   The clouds roll in behind the tumbleweeds.   These longhorn cattle, are gettin’ restless   God help us all, if they stampede      Can smell the rain, hear the thunder   The midnight sky, turns black as death   The lightenin’ crashes, smell the sulphur   It’s rank and strong, as Satan’s breath   The cattle rise up, and go to runnin’   I spur my pony on and take the lead   And across the herd, I can hear Willie yellin’   "Hey Stampede!"      Dust clouds rise, as the rain falls   They mix together, turn the air to mud   I feel the longhorns brush against me   And I can feel the demons racin’ through my blood   Then all at once, my pony stumbles   We hit the ground, I rise up to my knees   In a flash of light, I can see the cattle comin’   Lord I know I’m gonna die in this stampede.      Then I awake, and I look around me   I’m in my bedroll and I’m layin’ on the ground   Over there’s the wagon, there’s the campfire   I was only dreamin’, but what’s that sound?   And I feel the earth tremble underneath me   As the midnight sky begins to bleed   And from the blackness I can hear Willie yellin’   "Hey stampede."