CHIEF JOSEPH AND HIS TRIBE BRED BEAUITFUL HORSES ON THE BANKS OF THE PALOUSE RIVER.
THE BREED BECAME KNOWN AS THE APPALOOSA.
APPALOOSA STALLION RUN SO FAST
GALLOP THROUGH THE CANYON TO THE PASS
LEAD YOUR TRIBE TO SAFETY, SHOW THE WAY
CAVALRY GETS CLOSER EV'RY DAY.
ONCE YOU RAN THROUGH PEACEFUL FIELDS OF GRASS
ONCE YOU DRANK FROM RIVERS CLEAR AS GLASS
LIFE FOR YOU WAS EASY, FULL OF LOVE
SLEEP BENEATH THE YELLOW MOON ABOVE.
WHEN THE FOREIGN SOLDIERS CAME FROM FAR ACROSS THE SEA
STEALING ALL THE TRIBAL LAND THAT ONCE HAS BEEN SO FREE
STARVING PEOPLE DYING WHILE THEY’RE CRAWLING THROUGH THE SNOW
WILL THEY GET ACROSS THE BORDER, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS.
APPALOOSA STALLION RUN SO FAST
GALLOP THROUGH THE CANYON TO THE PASS
LEAD YOUR TRIBE TO SAFETY, SHOW THE WAY
CAVALRY GETS CLOSER EV'RY DAY.
APPALOOSA STALLION RUN SO FAST
GALLOPED THROUGH THE CANYON TO THE PASS
LED 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.