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2006Writer: Michael Martin MurpheyThere was snow on the Spanish peaks that mroningSummer time was comin'' to an endI took a long and lonesome ride to DalhartTo try to say goodbye to my old friendHe was happy drawin'' wages as a cowboyAnd he lightened up our camp fire with his songHe took a long and lonesome ride to DalhartWhen the grass turned brown and fall was coming onOh, that long and lonesome ride to DalhartWhen its time to bring summer cattle downBoard up the shack, blow out the candleGet on down to hoof and handleTime to gettin'' down to winter groundTook a long and lonesome ride to DalhartI thought about the way he lost his lifeHe was workin'' over in a Kansas field outWhen he left behind three children and a wifeNobody knows exactly how it happenedHe was all alone when that big horse went downHe took a long and lonesome ride to DalhartWhen his partners brought him home to winter groundOh, that long and lonesome ride to DalhartWhen its time to bring summer cattle downBoard up the shack, blow out the candleGet on down to hoof and handleTime to gettin'' down to winter groundInstrumentalI took a long and lonesome ride to DalhartThere were hundreds at the church when I got thereSix strong cowboys with long black coats and black hatsWalkin'' slowly as the fiddler played an errThen, the preacher said, ''This young man just changed horses.And now he rides a white horse for the LordHe took a long and lonesome ride to DalhartBut he kept on ride til he crossed the Jordan ford.''Oh, that long and lonesome ride to DalhartFor its time to bring summer cattle downBoard up the shack, blow out the candleGet on down to hoof and handleIts time to gettin'' down to winter groundOh, that long and lonesome ride to DalhartWhen its time to bring summer cattle downBoard up the shack, blow out the candleGet on down to hoof and handleTime to gettin'' down to winter groundTime to gettin'' down to winter ground