Expert: BethB - 6/23/2009

Question
Trying to find the album for this song.  Popular around Baltimore, MD about 1980. The title was "This is the last cowboy song", and one of the last stanzas had a line about Chief Red Cloud. But that is all I can remember.

Answer
Hi Neal!  I think the song you're looking for may be "The Last Cowboy Song," written by Ed Bruce, and most popularly performed by The Highwaymen.  Here's a link to a very cool video (Willie, Waylon, Johnny, and Kris on stage together!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbR3K9DEAjI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lyricsmode.com%...

Also, here are the lyrics to the song:

Highwaymen - "The Last Cowboy Song"

(All)
This the last cowboy song:
The end of a hundred year waltz.
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along.
Another piece of America's lost.

(Waylon Jennings)
He rides the feed lots, clerks in the markets,
On weekends sellin' tobacco and beer.
And his dreams of tomorrow, surrounded by fences,
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here.

(Kris Kristoferson)
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark,
And eyeball to eyeball, old Wyatt backed down.
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas.
And rode with the 7th when Custer went down.

(All)
This the last cowboy song:
The end of a hundred year waltz.
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along.
Another piece of America's lost.

(Willie Nelson)
Remmington showed us how he looked on canvas,
And Louis Lamour has told us his tale.
Me and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him,
And wish to God we could have ridden his trail.

(Johnny Cash Verse Spoken Over Chorus:)
The old Chisolm trail is covered in concrete now,
They truck it to market in fifty foot rigs.
They roll by his markings and don't even notice,
Like living and dying was all he ever did.

(All)
This the last cowboy song:
The end of a hundred year waltz.
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along.
Another piece of America's lost.

(All)
This the last cowboy song:
The end of a hundred year waltz.
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along.
Another piece of America's lost.

Hope this helps!
--Beth