Chorus:
  Rocky, you must ride through the wide prairie.
  Rocky, you get on, but you never get home.
  
  Somewhere there was a shot in the dark
  and a horse stood alone at the gate.
  All the girls knew who had done it
  and they still sing it today.
  
  Chorus
  
  Somebody saw the red mask,
  but he didn't tell anybody.
  When the town was asleep at midnight
  the big fire came and the harm.
  
  Chorus
  
  Some pretty young lady
  liked the unknown cavalier.
  She went to the dance with him
  and they sought for her for a long time.
  
  Chorus