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Date: 1/19/02; 7:23:14 PM
 From: "mike hiner" 
 Subject: Patonio, Pride of the plains   (Author unknown)
 Don't know who wrote this song it has been recorded by Don Edwards in recent
 years.
 3/4 time
 
       C                                  G               C       
 I'll tell you a story that will thrill you I know
                                              G                
 Of a horse I once owned in New Mexico
                 C                                   F             C
 You will gaze at his picture with wondering eyes
                                         G                C
 And then at the arrow, that hangs by its side
 
 
 He was swift as an antelope and black as a crow
 With a star on his forehead as white as the snow
 His arched neck was covered with a dark flowing mane
 And I called him Patonio the pride of the plains
 
 
 The country was new and the settlers were scarce
 The Indians on the warpath were savage and fierce
 Though the scouts were sent out everyday from the fort
 Yet they never came back so we knew they were lost
 
 
 One day the captian says someone must go
 Across the dark borders of New Mexico
 A dozen young fellows straightaway answered here
 But the captain spied me I was standing right near
 
 
 Patonio was by me his nose in my hand
 Said the captain your horse is the best in the land
 You're good for the ride your the lightest man here
 On the back of that mustang you have nothing to fear
 
 
 Then proud of my pony I answered you know
 Patonio and I are both willing to go
 For speed and endurance I'll trust in my black
 Then they all shook my hand and I mounted his back
 
 
 Turned down the dark pathway turned his head to the right
 The black struck a trot and he kept it all night
 When far back behind me I hear a shrill wail
 I knew that the Indians were hot on my trail
 
 
 I jingled the bells at the end of his rein
 Spoke his name softly and stroked his dark mane
 Patonio answered with a nod of his head
 His dark body lengthened as faster we sped
 
 We were leaving the Indians the story was plain
 The arrows fell round us like torents of rain
 Patonio he stumbled I knew he was hurt
 But still he raced onward and into the fort
 
 
 I delivered the message then tried to dismount
 But the pain in my foot was so bad I could not
 The arrow you see hanging there on the wall
 Had passed through my foot saddle stirrup and all
 
 
 With good care and patients  Pat and I were soon well
 Of his death many years later I will not try to tell
 Of all the fine horses I rode o'er the range
 The was none like Patonio the pride of the plains