Oregon Trail Lyrics - C.w. Mccall

(C.W. McCall, B. Fries, C. Davis) 

Did you see me at Westport Landing 

On the wide Missouri shore? 

Did you hear the west wind calling 

In the spring of forty-four? 

[Chorus] 

If the mud don't stay and the cattle don't stray 

We can make Fort Kearny by the middle of May 

If the mud don't stay and the cattle don't stray 

We can make Fort Kearny by the middle of May 

Did you see me at old Fort Kearny? 

Did you hear my trumpets blow? 

Did you write your name in stone, boys 

On the great Platte River road? 

[Chorus] 

If the wolf don't howl in the dark of the moon 

We can make Scotts Bluff by the middle of June 

If the wolf don't howl in the dark of the moon 

We can make Scotts Bluff by the middle of June 

Did you see that endless prairie 

Blowin' clean and pure and free? 

Did you hear that rollin' thunder 

On the wild Nebraska sea? 

Did you climb the shining mountains? 

Did you cross that Great Divide? 

Did you pray to God Almighty 

To let you down the other side? 

[Chorus, but only by C.W.] 

Roll wagons, rollin' rollin' 

Roll wagons, rollin' home 

Roll wagons, rollin' rollin' 

Roll wagons, rollin' home 

Did you see me out on the desert? 

Did you see my oxen die? 

Did you find a drop of water? 

Did you hear my children cry? 

[Chorus] 

If the sun don't shine and the river don't rise 

We can make South Pass by the fourth of July 

If the sun don't shine and the river don't rise 

We can make South Pass by the fourth of July 

Did you see the high Sierra 

Far beyond the burning sand? 

Did you find that golden valley? 

Did you reach the Promised Land? 

[Chorus] 

If the snow don't fly and the river don't dry 

We can make that valley before we die 

If the snow don't fly and the river don't dry 

We can make that valley before we die