Story Behind The Song

A tribute from a working cowboy to all the great partners out there.

Song Description

Cowboy saying goodbye to his horse who's just passed away

Lyrics

We are gathered together to honor a friend
My two border collies and I
For this morning out on the far end of the meadow
Our old friend laid down and died

For twenty-two years we've ridden together
Cold blizzards and summers, so hot and dry
Spring floods and fall gathers for ten thousand miles
My old friend Caballo and I

Fare thee well adios goodbye oh
My partner and friend ole Caballo
Good cowponies go to a heaven I know
You were the best one I've thrown a leg o'er

Remember the bad spring we put in Montana
A norther come blowing a wild raging storm
I would pull newborn calves up with me in the saddle
You'd carry us back to the barn

And remember the wind where we worked in Wyoming
The mountains we traveled in Colorado
All the dust that we ate trailing cattle in Utah
It don't seem like that long ago

And remember the hitch we put down in Texas
The fun that we had all the work that we did
Back when you weren't much more than a broncy young colt
And I were a wild young kid

Fare thee well adios goodbye oh
My partner and friend ole Caballo
Good cowponies go to a heaven I know
You were the best one I've thrown a leg o'er

All the times that I'd ask of you that extra mile
When I'd already ridden you too long and hard
With the touch of my spurs you would buck through the sagebrush
To show me the size of your heart

I'll bury you here by the cool riverside
Here in the shade of these cottonwood trees
No cowboy or saddle to burden you now
You'll always be wild and free
I hope you think of me while your up in that pasture
And if you've got time, well you might would one day
In the form of a cloud drop down to see me
Whinny and gallop away

Fare thee well adios goodbye oh
My partner and friend ole Caballo
Good cowponies go to a heaven I know
You were the best one I've thrown a leg o'er
Fare thee well adios goodbye ooooooooh.