I'm gonna tell you here a story that's true
About the cleanest cowboy that the wild west knew
Slow when he's talking, mighty quick on the draw
They call him Lucky Luke, defender of the law
When Lucky Luke goes-a hittin' that trail
Them villains had better watch it, or they'll end up in jail
It's jail for the Daltons, and they don't give a dang..
O listen to the ballad of the Dalton gang
The gang's in jail for the rest of their days
And Lucky Luke's the fella, that the good guys praise
The pooch who's a-guardin' ev'ry desperate gang
He's a real sharp hound-dog, known as Rin Tin Can
Them Dalton boys play a mighty mean trick
And which of them's the meanest, you can take your pick
They plan their plans and boulders they clang
O listen to the ballad of the Dalton gang..
The moon was high in the treacherous night
The Daltons had a talkin' in campfire light
Their argument was heated though the night it was cold
They was temptin' Lucky Luke to take a share of the gold
Now folks can judge you but they'll gossip too soon
Like an old coyote folks'll bay at the moon
Has Luke been really bitten, by lucifer's fang
O listen to the ballad of the Dalton gang..
The prairie's green and the grazin' is fine
Where butterflies are drowsy in the warm sunshine
And the streams run cool through the whispering grass
Where waterfalls are fallin' from the mountainpass
But there ain't no fence where the desert's commence
It's hotter than an oven, and the heat's intense.
It barbecues the buzzards to a tastier tang
O listen to the ballad of the Dalton gang..
The sun beats down and it's reaching the bulls
Of a lanky little yankee, known as "Last-Chance-Jones"
The OK corrall is like an old parkin' lot
Desert sun's-a-scorchin' so the trade's not hot..
And only a villain with hate in his heart
Would struggle through the desert, where the badlands start
Where thirstin' after water's just a torturing pang
O listen to the ballad of the Dalton gang..
Now there ain't no medicine, so the preacherman told
For a fella with a fever, that's a thirst for gold
He's-a diggin' and-a delvin' 'til he's ready to drop
But the harvest he's-a-raisin's just a bitter crop
From the whole wide world to the Yukon they flock
Cause they caught the yellow fever from the golden rock
And they pan for gold 'til the holler hills rang
O listen to the ballad of the Dalton gang..
You hear my friends if you temper with sin
You're gonna be the loser 'cause the good guys win
All the plans of the Daltons, they was hatin' for naught
Cause the orphans got the money, and the gang got caught.
You ain't no Saint, Uncle Henry, it's true
Forgetten and forgiven all the kids love you
And rich were the praises that the orphan kids sang.
O listen to the ballad of the Dalton gang..
It's jail again for the villainous four
And the Dalton's gonna stay there, for a year and more
They plan their plans for an ambushin' job
The stages they'll be stoppin' and the banks they'll rob
But they goofed a goof that's dud as a dime
Askin' Lucky Luke for be a partner in crime
So they're stuck in jail cause the juryman sang
The endin' of the ballad of the Dalton gang..
That was the ballad of the Dalton gang...