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High Plain Drifter
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Reggae
High Plain Drifter was released on January 1, 1996 by VP Music Group, Inc. as a part of the album Under Doctors Orders
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1996
LabelVP Music Group, Inc.
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM86

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
High Plain Drifter
High Plain Drifter
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
High Plain Drifter
High Plain Drifter
Composer

Lyrics

How did you die?
Did you tackle a trouble that came your way
With a resolute heart and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the lawman
With a craven soul and fearful?
Oh!
Everybody call me the High Plain Drifter
Who me a search anuh the one Bounty Killer
Him murder mi mother, mi father, and brother
And him murder mi three-year-old sister
Gun that him use was a little Deringer
And him toss it in the Texas River
Him even shot the little dog named Clamp
Rob up the gold, diamond, and silver
People!
The Killer never know me did under the bed
Or else my blood surely will shed
Him scare off we herd and burn down the shed
Pack up we load, and then him fled
At that time I was only twelve
Before mi father die, he was in the army
And him bring home nuff artillery
Winchester, Smith, and Wesson 'specie
In those days there was no Uzi
Crowd of people, this is a true story
Dem call me the High Plain Drifter
Who me a search anuh the one Bounty Killer
Him murder mi mother, mi father, and brother
And him murder mi three-year-old sister
Gun that him use was a little Deringer
And him toss it in the Texas River
Him even shot the little dog named Clamp
Rob up the gold, diamond, and silver
Me send a telegram down to North Dakota
Then check the sheriff of Colorado
I gun down a stranger in Nevada
He was trying to take mi canteen of water
I take his clothes and left him for vulture
I escape from Geronimo torture
People of Arizona say I was insane
When I mention Bounty Killer name
Pity dem no know that I will shot out the brain
For causing me so much misery and pain
I hear he was inna saloon inna card game
With Butch Cassidy, and John Wayne
The whole of dem blood ago run
Everybody call me the High Plain Drifter
Who me a search anuh the one Bounty Killer
Him murder mi mother, mi father, and brother
And him murder mi three-year-old sister
Gun that him use was a little Deringer
And him toss it in the Texas River
Him even shot the little dog named Clamp
Rob up the gold, diamond, and silver
Me went to the saloon in the afternoon
See Bounty Killer dress up inna costume
Confront him and said, "Now you're doomed"
Him look pon me, and him start to tremble
"You must've have a bad dream, you have a nightmare
To test Bounty Killer you should be in fear"
"Massa God is the man that I fear
Me no want no boy disrespect my career"
It was forty plates between us where we stopped to make the play
And the swiftness of High Plain Drifter is still talked about today
Fifty men have tried to kill me
Fifty men have end up dead
Fifty-one will be the killer
High Plain Drifter shot off the head
Everybody call me the High Plain Drifter
Who me a search anuh the one Bounty Killer
Him murder mi mother, mi father, and brother
And him murder mi three-year-old sister
Gun that him use was a little Deringer
And him toss it in the Texas River
Him even shot the little dog named Clamp
Rob up the gold, diamond, and silver
Written by: High Plain Drifter
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