I'm trapped on this mountain Two more hours 'til dawn If they should come in the morning I'll have both guns drawn I looked down the canyon I can see their fires All of my companions Captured or expired And if I should fail On this fearful trail Surrounded and alone and still pursued If I don't prevail If you get this mail Know the last thing that I think of will be you I've seen storms erasing Every dream I knew But this danger I'm facing Is the worst I've gone through Your picture before me Laying on a stone The one where you're smiling Holding one red rose And if I should fail On this fearful trail Surrounded and alone and still pursued If I don't prevail If you get this mail Know the last thing that I think of will be you If they come with the rising sun I will know by the hush of the birds And the snapping of the twigs As they move in Got a canteen full of rum If the worst occurs I will drink it dry Before the end begins