Key: C major•
Verse 1
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John Coulter was a trapper,
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But it wasn't for his trapping
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that he won immortal fame.
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He traveled up the Yellowstone
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and discovered Coulter's hell.
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But it isn't of his geysers
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that my yarn is going to tell.
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Sing of the strong and the fleet,
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And his speed was in his feet.
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But he said he'd do his trapping,
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For the trapping it was best.
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He went and took his share of fur,
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Then started back to Fort Manuel.
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Till he heard the Blackfeet yell,
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Sing of the strong and the fleet,
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And his speed was in his feet.
must believe him unafraid.
He looked his captor in the eye,
a dangerous game he played.
The Blackfoot chief said to his men,
this prisoner is so brave,
we take his clothes and turn him loose
with a chance his scalp to save.
Well, set him loose without his clothes,
without his shoes and gun.
His courage was his only hope,
a race for his life to run.
Their fastest runners after him,
their lances waving high,
the knowledge pounding in his heart
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that he had to win or die.
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sing of the strong and the fleet.
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and his speed was in his feet.
Well, John Coulter ran
and ran and he ran
and he ran like an antelope in fright,
straight across the cactus
thickets like an arrow
in its flight.
six miles of endless running,
and suddenly there's a
stream.
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leaving Blackfoot runners
baffled
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by the wonder of his speed.
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300 miles of barefoot trail.
Said he'd like to rest a spell.
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Sing of the bravest mountain man
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Sing of the strong and the fleet
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And his speed was in his feet
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