Jim Bridger

Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his name Yet he deserves a front row seat in history's hall of fame He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know He spoke the language of the Sioux The Black Foot and the Crow Let's drink to ol' Jim Bridger, yes lift your glasses high As long as there's a USA don't let his memory die That he was making history never once occured to him But I doubt if we'd've been here if it weren't for men like Jim He spoke with General Custer and said listen Yellow Hair The Sioux are a great nation so treat 'em fair and square Sit in on their war council, don't laugh away their pride But Custer didn't listen: at Little Big Horn Custer died Let's drink to ol' Jim Bridger, yes lift your glasses high As long as there's a USA don't let his memory die That he was making history never once occured to him But I doubt if we'd've been here if it weren't for men like Jim There're poems and there's legends that tell of Carson's fame Yet compared to Jim Bridger, Kit was civilized and tame These words are straight from Carson's lips If you place such store by him "If there's a man who knows this God-forsaken land it's Jim." Let's drink to ol' Jim Bridger, yes lift your glasses high As long as there's a USA don't let his memory die That he was making history never once occured to him But I doubt if we'd've been here if it weren't for men like Jim