Nobody Wrote It Down

[00:09.21] Great-great-granddaddy was a runaway slave
[00:14.55] A noose around his neck if he'd be found
[00:18.55] Great-great-granddaddy rode for Pony Express
[00:23.45] But nobody wrote it down
[00:30.25] Great-granddaddy was a Buffalo Soldier
[00:35.08] In the Platte River, he almost drowned
[00:39.32] Took an arrow through his left shoulder
[00:43.92] But nobody wrote it down
[00:48.43] Nobody wrote it down
[00:50.98] In the history books, it can't be found
[00:53.33] Nobody wrote it down
[00:55.90] Nobody wrote it down
[01:02.42] My granddaddy on a cattle drive
[01:07.23] Up to Montana from Abilene town
[01:11.58] Shot two rustlers to stay alive
[01:16.27] But nobody wrote it down
[01:20.65] Nobody wrote it down
[01:22.79] In the old dime novels, it can't be found
[01:25.53] Nobody wrote it down
[01:27.97] Nobody wrote it down
[01:30.36] Nobody wrote it down
[01:32.55] In the history books, it can't be found
[01:34.93] Nobody wrote it down
[01:37.65] Nobody wrote it down
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[02:37.45] Daddy's brother was a railroad porter
[02:42.31] The boiler blew and the fire all around
[02:46.76] Saved a woman as the fire shot toward her
[02:51.37] But nobody wrote it down
[02:55.61] Nobody wrote it down
[02:58.08] In the movie scripts, it's seldom found
[03:00.65] Nobody wrote it down
[03:03.01] Nobody wrote it down
[03:09.43] Great-great-granddaddy rode for Pony Express
[03:14.61] Great-granddaddy was a Buffalo Soldier
[03:19.27] My granddaddy on a cattle drive
[03:24.09] Daddy's brother was a railroad porter
[03:31.09] In the history books, it's seldom found
[03:36.49] Nobody wrote it down
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