Now old Jake was a cowboy he'd worked his whole
life on the range And he could rope, and he could
ride with any man just half his age Old Jake was
my hero and me I was just a green kid And I prayed
that someday I could do all the things old Jake
did Well we sat around the bunk house one cold and
lonely winter's night Just chewin' and talkin' and
smokin' by the coal oil light Well old Jake had
been aweful quiet that evenin' and he stared hard
and long He said young puncher you goin' to
remember me after I'm gone Whatever happens to old
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It's been a long time and oh how the years fade
away Well I stopped by the bunk house were me and
old Jake used to stay They say Jake died about ten
years ago and they buried him out there on the
plains Old friend you might be gone but your
memory always stays the same Whatever happens...