Rattlesnake Jim

Bruneau River Killer, Rattlesnake Jim

Leather boots made of diamondback rattle skin

Slipped the noose back in '74

Vanished in the desert on a stolen gray horse

Robbed a stage out of Castleford

Dumped the body in the Salmon Falls River gorge

Tied the money to the back of his steed

Vanished in the desert like a pebble in a stream

Ride tall, boys, it's ponies to the fire

Got a runner, he's heading for the border now

Loaded cattleman in his hand

If he makes it to the desert we'll lose him in the sand

Spurs a rattlin', hear em up the bend

Money jingling, he hasn't dropped a single cent

Riding tall to the canyon's rim

Any last words for you, Rattlesnake Jim?

Ride tall, boys, it's us against the night

Rifles ready, it's gonna rain like hellfire

Hundred dollars for the man who puts him down

Shoot him through the head when he slithers from the ground

No way out for you, Rattlesnake Jim

Pistols up, boy, we got the rocks surrounded

...ain't nothing left but his skin,

Vanished in the desert, ol' Rattlesnake Jim