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Backstory:

I took a trip down the Salmon River in Idaho with my family and we visited the homestead of Buckskin Bill- he was a character and a legend and I knew I had to write a song about him!  This should be uptempo with LOTs of driving fiddle, banjo, mando and guitar. I just did a demo with guitar to give an idea of melody and mood, but this should be really energetic! Could be man or woman vocals.

Lyrics:

                                                  
Buckskin Bill- Amy Clay

Verse
‘Bout 50 miles from nowhere 
Where the frigid rapids churn 
Deep in a canyon by The Sawtooth Range
On the River of No Return

For thirty solitary years 
Sylvan Hart survived 
In a brutal wilderness 
He carved out a life and thrived

Chorus
The last American mountain man 
Made no demands but his own free will
Tough as the leather on his back
And they called him Buckskin Bill

Break

Verse
Early miners panned the waters
‘Til the easy gold was gone
He salvaged what they left behind
To build his sturdy home

The state called him a squatter
His rifle disagreed
A loyal steward of the land 
They finally let him be

Chorus
The last American mountain man 
Made no demands but his own free will 
Tough as the leather on his back
And they called him Buckskin Bill

Second Break

Tho’ Bill’s been gone for years now
The flame of his legend burns
Deep in a canyon by the Sawtooth Range
On the River of No Return

Chorus
The last American mountain man 
Made no demands but his own free will
Tough as the leather on his back
And they called him Buckskin Bill