Tex Ritter — The Long Black Rifle

[Verse 1] Come closer, my love, and you'll hear my tale It'll make you cold; it'll turn you pale It's a tale of a man's never-ending love And a long black rifle [Verse 2] A prairie man loved a city maid Was the love he took worth the price he paid When a man ends up at the smoky end Of a long black rifle? [Chorus] He wed a woman sworn to another And in a rage the other man Shot him down with a long black rifle Shot him down, and away he ran [Verse 3] His dyin' words I repeat to you You can never kill love when love is true It live only when the rust is left Of the long black rifle [Chorus] He wed a woman sworn to another And in a rage the other man Shot him down with a long black rifle Shot him down, and away he ran [Verse 3] His dyin' words, I repeat to you You can never kill love when love is true It live when only the rust is left Of the long black rifle [Outro] Long black rifle Long black rifle