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Me & My Uncle (Live at the Palestra, Rochester, NY, October 26, 1971)
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Grateful Dead
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Me and my uncle went riding down South Colorado, west Texas bound We stopped over in Santa Fe That being the point just about halfway And you know it was the hottest part of the day I took the horses up to the stall Went to the barroom, ordered drinks for all Three days in the saddle, you know my body hurt It being summer, I took off my shirt And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt West Texas cowboys, they's all around With liquor and money, they loaded down So soon after payday, know it seemed a shame You know my uncle, he starts a friendly game Hey, high-low jack and the winner take the hand My uncle starts winning; cowboys got sore One of them called him, and then two more Accused him of cheating; well, no, it just couldn’t be I know my uncle, he's as honest as me Hey, I'm as honest as a Denver man can be One of them cowboys, he starts to draw And I shot him down, Lord, he never saw Shot me another, hot damn, he won’t grow old In the confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold And then we high-tailed it down to Mexico I love those cowboys, I love their gold I love my uncle, God rest his soul He taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know Taught me so well, I grabbed that gold And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road I guess what I'll do is I'll take this opportunity to tell you all a story (Don't let him get away with this one). A few of you might have heard this one before. Sounds like it's beginning to work, maybe I won't tell it today
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