The night was ablaze with a heavenly fire of lightnin' wind and rain   And the sound of thunder is spookin' the herd and I fear there'll be a stampede   The cattle are starting to mill around their bellows strike fear in my heart   I know if the storm lasts very much longe there's bound to be a stampede   Stampede cry stampede the thing that a cowboy fears the most is stampede      As I sat in the sadle the night's wearing on and the storm is lingering still   The lightning's glare on the restless herd make it seem like a sea's angry swell   Then all of a sudden a bolt of fire strikes the tree where my pony stands   As I fall to the ground I can hear the sound of a drover yellin' stampede   Stampede cry stampede the thing that a cowboy fears the most is stampede      For a moment I lay in the mud half dazed I could hear the herd bearin' down   And I crawled in a ditch where a tree came to rest   And I crouched between it and the ground   It seems like a miracle of God's hand it's over and I'm still alive   And I thank the trail boss up in the sky for sparin' me from the stampede   Stampede cry stampede the thing that a cowboy fears the most is stampede