Key: Ab major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
is a mighty wondrous thing
and the Indian arrows sing
Trooper Hook knew the
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never threw,
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never threw
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The mountains stretched
their lonely peaks
against the copper sky
Trooper he rode by
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let me live, let me die as a trooper
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And he found a captive wife
of an Apache Indian chief
to her husband bowed with grief
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too, danger, too
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Oh, great and strong the man was he,
in his heart he was so kind
no blame was in his mind
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There instead the trooper a gun forgave,
which they took
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Take them through
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They rode the stage to bring her back
The driver seated high
snakey whip
Against the wind -blown sky
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Mortal danger
The trooper walked to meet the chief
with a firm and steady tread
watched the scene
and the women filled with dread
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Would there be another plea by the
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mother?
King Solomon alone could
solve this problem
oh so grim
to deny it was a sin
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child.
Trooper Hook, he did free them
from their desperate, lonely stand.
fleeing the Apache band.
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So the trooper took them in,
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and from the Apaches they did run.
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They did run
Trooper Hook upon his horse
Is a mighty wondrous thing
And the Indian arrows sing
Trooper Hook
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Never threw, never threw
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Never through.
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Never through
Outro 1
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