Jim Bridger

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Once there was a mountain man who 
couldn’t write his name,
yet he deserves a front row seat in 
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history’s hall of fame.
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He forgot more about the Indians 
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than we will ever know,
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he spoke the language of the Sioux
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the Blackfoot and the Crow.

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Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, 
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yes, lift your glasses high,
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let
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 his memory die.
That he was making history, never 
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once occurred to him,
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but I doubt if we’d a been here, if
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 it weren’t for men like Jim.

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He spoke with General Custer and 
said, “Listen, Yellow Hair,
the Sioux were a great nation, so 
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treat them fair and square.
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Sit in on their war council, don’t 
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laugh away their pride,
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but Custer didn’t listen, at Little
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 Big Horn Custer died.

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Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, 
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yes, lift your glasses high,
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let
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 his memory die.
That he was making history, never 
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once occurred to him,
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but I doubt if we’d a been here, if
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 it weren’t for men like Jim.

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There’s poems and there’s legends 
that tell of Carson’s fame,
yet compared to Jim Bridger, Kit was
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 civilized and tame.

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These words are straight from 
Carson’s lips,
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if you place such store by him,
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if there’s a man who knows  this 
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gun – forsaken land it’s Jim.

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Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, 
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yes, lift your glasses high,
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as long as there’s a USA, don’t let
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 his memory die.
That he was making history, never 
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once occurred to him,
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but I doubt if we’d a been here, if
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 it weren’t for men like Jim.