Ten of us was throwed right freely

By a hawse from Idaho.

And we thought he'd go-a-beggin'

For a man to break his pride

Till, a-hitchin' up one leggin,

Boastful Bill cut loose and cried—

"I'm a on'ry proposition for to hurt;

I fulfil my earthly mission with a quirt;

I kin ride the highest liver

'Tween the Gulf and Powder River,