The Old Double Diamond lyrics

Now, the old Double Diamond lay out east of Dubois

In the land of the buffalo

And the auctioneer's gavel, how it rapped and it rattled

As I watched the old Double Diamond go

Won't you listen to the wind

Mother Nature's violin

When I first hired on the old Double Diamond

I was a dammed poor excuse for a man

I never learned how to aim when the spirit was tame

Couldn't see all the cards in my hand

And the wind whipped the granite above me

Blew the tumble weeds clean through my soul

Well I fought her winters and I busted her horses

And I took more than I thought I could stand

But the battles with the mountains and cattle

Seemed to bring out the best in a man

I guess a sailor, he needs an ocean

And a mama, her babies to hold

I need the hills of Wyoming

In the land of the buffalo

Now shes sellin' out, I'm movin' on

But I'm leavin' with more than I came

'Caus I've got this saddle and it ain't for sale

And I got this song to sing

Find a new range to ride, new knots to tie

In a country where cowboys are king

I turn my tail to the wind and the old Double Diamond

Disappeared into the sage

• Artist:Ian Tyson
• Album:Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (1983)