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And go off in the winter time to avenge her father's blood.
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But it did happen.
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I was just fourteen years of age when a coward by the name of Tom Chaney
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shot my father down.
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And robbed him of his life, and his horse.
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And two California gold pieces that he carried in his trouser pant.
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Chaney was a hired man.
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And Papa had taken him up to Fort Smith
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to help lead back a string of mustang ponies he'd bought.
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In town, Chaney had followed to drink.
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And cards, and lost all his money.
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He got it into his head he was being cheated.