benlehman

I stole the bulk of it from Cash:

So go write a letter to my dear old mother
and tell her the cowboy that she loved is gone
but please not one word of the man who did kill me
don't mention his name and his name will pass on

There's something to be said about stealing from the best, though.

I have mixed feelings about the Cash version. It totally eviscerates the original meaning of the song by changing the last line from "for we loved our comrade even though he done wrong," but on the other hand, the verse is pure gold.

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--Ben