She was schooled back in Boston, just a slip of a girl
And her folks sent her West for her health
As the train chased the sunset she dined in fine comfort
A frail pampered daughter of wealth
Far from the cities through valleys so green
That she thought she just had to be dreaming
Over prairies as wide as her eyes had become
That wood burner kept on a steaming
Then the train climbed a mile up and pulled into Denver
Where the Rockies prop up the blue sky
And she breathed in the cool air, so thin but so clean
That it brought a small tear to her eye
Took two buckboards to carry her fine Boston things
To her uncle’s ranch near Ralston Creek
Aunt Mabel was there and scooped her up gaily
Put a big sloppy kiss on her cheek
The years rolled by swiftly as she grew so strong
Back in Boston they’d sure be surprised
And the cowboys came round to catch her a laughin
Her eyes were as blue as the skies
And she learned all the things that a young woman should
At least a young woman out here
She could ride like the wind and tie down a calf
It seemed as if she had no fear
She learned how to cut critters out of the herd
And the time came to pass bye and bye
That she cut a fine cowboy plumb out from the rest
They were married one day in July
Yup that frail frightened thing that had stepped off the train
Now’s woman of beauty and strength
She can ride, rope and shoot, and sing like an angel
Round the fire she’ll tell tall ones at length
Got a ranch of their own now with children and cattle
She laughs clean from Winter to Fall
When she thinks of how Boston would be shocked to see her
Well, that’s when she laughs most of all
