Chief Joseph and his tribe bred beautiful horses  On the banks of the Paloose River  The breed became known as the Appaloosa  Appaloosa stallion run so fast  Gallop through the canyon through the past  Lead your tribe to safety show the way  Cavalry gets closer every day  Once you ran through peaceful fields of grass  Once you drank from rivers clear and fast  Life for you was easy, full of love  Sleep beneath the yellow moon above  Then the foreign soldiers came from far across the sea  Stealing all the tribal land that once had been so free  Starving people that you love are crawling through the snow  Will they get across the border, heaven only knows  Appaloosa stallion run so fast  Gallop through the canyon through the past  Lead your tribe to safety show the way  Cavalry gets closer every day  Appaloosa stallion run so fast  Gallop through the canyon through the past  Lead your tribe to safety show the way  But the foreign soldiers came to stay  Then the foreign soldiers came from far across the sea  Stealing all the tribal land that once had been so free  Starving people that you love are crawling through the snow  Will they get across the border, heaven only knows  Appaloosa stallion run so fast  Gallop through the canyon through the past  Lead your tribe to safety show the way  But the foreign soldiers came to stay