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Patanio (The Pride of the Plains)
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Written by - Harry C. McAuliffe - Bobby Gregory
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Recorded by Hawkshaw Hawkins
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You look at this picture with a wondering eye
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And then at the arrow that hangs by it's side
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They tell a story for you know there is one
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With the name of Patanio the story begun
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I'll tell you a story that will thrill you, I know
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Of a horse that I owned down in New Mexico
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Swift as an antelope and black as a crow
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A star on his forehead as white as the snow
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His hair like a lady was glossy and fine
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He was restless and proud but so gentle and kind
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His arched neck was hidden by a thick, flowing mane
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And they called him Patanio, the pride of the plains
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The country was new and the settlers were scarce
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And the Indians on the warpath were savage and fierce
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Scouts were sent out every day from the post
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But they never came back so we knew they were lost
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One day said the captain, someone he must go
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For help to the border at New Mexico
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A dozen brave fellows right away answered yeah
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But the captain he spied me a-standing right near
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Patanio beside me, his nose in my hand
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Said the captain, your horse is the best in the land
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You're good for the ride and the lightest man here
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On the back of that mustang you've nothing to fear
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So proud of my horse that I answered, you know
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Patanio and I both so willing to go
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For speed and endurance I'll trust to the blind
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Patanio will carry my life on his back
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Then they all took my hand and I mounted my horse
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Rode down the dark pathway and I turned his head horth
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Pat struck a trot and he kept it all night
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Till just as the east was beginning to light
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He answered the touch with a toss of his head
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His black body lengthened and forward he sped
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We were beating the redskins and the story was plain
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When the arrows fell round us like showers of rain
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We were leaving the redskins and the story was plain
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When sudden in my leg that I felt a great pain
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The blood it gushed forth from Patanio's side
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But he never once shortened his powerful stride
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Patanio, poor fellow, I knew he was hurt
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But still he dashed forward and into the fort
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For many a fine horse I have passed on the range
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But none like Patanio the pride of the plain
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