The Campfire Has Gone Out [German translation]

Through the progress of our country our occupation's gone

So we put our ideas into words, our words into a song

And somewhere 'tween the wire and the coming of the train

We let it slip away and wonder who's to blame

Bid them all adieu, you can't turn the world about

The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

When I think of those good old days, my eyes with tears do fill

I think of the tin can by the fire, the cayote on the hill

And I think of ridin' night guard when the stars are shining bright

But now instead the wire fence, it guards the herd tonight

You'll miss him on the round-up, it's gone, his merry shout

The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

I'll tell you, boys, in them days old-timers cut a show

Never had much money, not a sorrow did we know

But oh how things have changed now, we're poorly clothed and fed

Our wagons are all broken, our ponies most all dead

Bid 'em all adieu, we can hear the angels shout

"Oh, here they come to Heaven, the campfire has gone out"

Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land

You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand

Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test

They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west

It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt

Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out

Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about

The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

• Artist:Don Edwards
• Album:Songs of the Trail (1992)