Ben Nichols
Chambers
Born under a south Kentucky skyHe'd come west to Mexico to fight 1842 at Mier The gutters filled with blood and fearBarely made it back to Texas aliveWith Missouri Volunteers when the war began In '46 they crossed the Rio GrandeThere he met his dark-eyed loveBut said good bye when the war was doneHe swore that he'd come back for her againOh oh noviaOh oh your man is goneMaybe he's in TexasBut we'll take what God has left us And we'll leave for California with the dawnWorked his way back to Old MexicoTo reclaim the love he'd left two years ago Back to those same city walls Where he'd watched copper cannonballs Like wayward suns roll down the cobblestonesThey put him in a prison left aloneWith other yankee fools so far from homeSongtexteParade them through the square in chains'Till in rode Captain Glanton's gangApache scalps for bounties paid in goldGlanton's men were killers all by tradeAnd through the prison bars a deal was made Glanton needed three new men Hired the lovelorn veteranThe killers rode out through the governor's gatesThe Veteran left camp 'fore the rising sunNo killer he'd left other work undoneHe was not yet two days outWhen Glanton's naked native scoutsBrought back his empty horse and his brand new gun
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