The Doolins of Oklahoma

it was a time when Oklahoma Territory

had its great free ranges the cowboy

went about his daily work contentment in

his heart his only boundary to limit

this horizon these were peaceful days

then the cattle herds disappeared

Oklahoma was over to the setter the

government cut the ranchers intersection

so they became farms ringed by barbed

strands the free range was no more the

cowboy would not be fenced in stare in

anger at the intruder blaming him for

their loss of livelihood instead of

telling her hand to a plow the hand went

to a six-gun to take what they reasoned

was rightfully theirs then they'd be

joined by others so the outlaw gangs

came a James

the younger brothers then behind them

the United States Marshals pushing on

relentlessly it was our sworn duty to

hunt down to destroy the smallest

element and then finally bowling they're

foreigners the dog

Coffeyville Kansas October 5th 1892 the

Dalton game becoming so daring as a

strike in broad daylight the Dalton

brothers with Sam powers bill Broadwell

and widget are Smith

well small world cousin sure it is

I thought I'd see you walking around so

freely like what brings you to town

come in and get little spending money

for over Sunday doing the same thing

myself

Oh Marshall sorry you missed all the

excitement

oh my congratulations Sheriff yeah the

Daltons won't rob anymore we will wait

for blue the day lights up we're gonna

give a chance

chow down like dogs did we yeah in the

back what's the matter with it mister

never saw a man so bad he had to be shot

they're back

that's strange coming from a marshal you

sound like you knew the Daltons sure did

friends of mine punch cattleman you make

a habit of being friends of outlaws they

went when I met him fact is both grant

and Bob once wore a Marshal's badge just

like that that's right you live around

here just passing through

I didn't get your name didn't give it

like to have a talk with you sometime

sure sometimes sheriff I got a talk to

you yeah I'm busy what you told her that

you wouldn't paid your reward money

money to reward his flowers and then

Dalton graves well what of it

only two men could put flowers and them

Gray's bill Dalton and Bill Doolin er

how come they went along in the bank

robbery

Dalton his arm a couple of days

ago dowon's horse pulled up lame runaway

in this morning Doolin I never heard of

him oh he's new he just joined up there

in town someplace get a posse and bring

him in yeah none of that Dalton bunch is

gonna be poking his nose at a coffee

girl after today all right but they

might get me that's right then you

wouldn't be able to spend that reward

money I'm riding out of here tonight

if I were you I'd ride far out

don't

built all from you out of your mind this

town's full emotions but you know what

happened I don't know all of it seven

men rode into town I only found five

graves how come you're alive only

because I wasn't with the others my

horse pulled up blame his horse over

there I didn't pull up lame Wichita's

Squealer when he comes to get it I'm

gonna kill him you'll never get back

with that I don't care

because you never listen to reason

there's nothing you can do that'll bring

those boys back it's easy talk for you

they weren't your brothers it might as

well have been

my best friends

maybe you're right

tells you don't climb down which it's

all climb down

it's a dump

we ride for it finally killed your first

man self-defense didn't believe that

it's the dog another dog you want doing

no on it's gonna be one big chase

wanted for murder they will do it a new

name to be entered in the files of the

United States Marshals office

bill Doolin fugitive a man against the

world but no thought now have escaped

alone forced to keep moving forced to

travel alone to live alone with the

doors of freemen closed forever against

but though survival is the first

instinct man is not meant to survive in

solitude

he must have companionship but there are

left only those like himself outcasts

someday somebody's gonna shoot you for a

deer Arkansas Doolin I know do chew up

sooner or later

I can't keep running forever can you

company business no chase see you still

have the habit of sleeping outside yeah

you live longer that way see when the

shooting starts I don't have to stop to

open the door well I want you to meet an

old pal of mine we polished a lot of

saddle leather together when we worked

at the old bars a ranch in the old days

better Creek red buck big Bill Doolin

all right three jacks aces three of them

who did what do you suppose glad to know

you mr. Doolin re me and the boys here

starting an investment business

ourselves in a small way of course are

you doing well we opened a bank or two

we could use a man like you I'm against

it

I don't blame me is that any way to talk

to a gift we got enough to peace

officers chasing us now once he joins up

11 army on our trail Doolin hasn't done

anything except kill a man that's not it

he's the last member of the Dalton Gang

that makes it important we need someone

important around here help keep the boys

in line I said no cut go on cut

and settles at Duman stays someday

you're gonna run out of aces no not me

forced to seek friends outside the law

then chosen as their leader he looks for

more recruits

it was soon to ride as the Doolin gang

of Oklahoma we're gonna get Tulsa Jack

out of there why are we sitting here for

he likes to look good god knows what I'm

going to use them yeah we need to follow

like Tulsa Lincoln blah is safer less

noise than anyone I ever knew till that

jaylen big but it looks harder to get

into the most jails is to get out of

that's rather an ambiguous statement why

don't you keep your conversation to

yourself Paul I'm sorry I thought you

were talking to me my name is Bill too

maybe a better change

I have several times once even to a

number some places they seem to regard

it as a unlawful even when you beat a

man to the draw little bill they called

me mr. Doolin why do you think my name

is Doolin well you left coffee bill so

hurriedly forgot to sell your stable

deal I paid it for you

thanks I'm I stole you well nothing it

was a privilege if I was you mr. Doolin

I'd get on over to that jail right now

see that gentleman just shutting the

door he's the jailer he's on his way to

visit his lady friend

they played cribbage for about an hour

every afternoon

um maybe this will help

Thanks pleasure

you enjoy here yeah I'm the new US

Marshal for this area

yes official business private all right

boys clear out

come on hurry up if you have a prisoner

here by the name of Joseph Jagger come

to take him back to Guthrie oh that one

plan to get rid of he's a bad this way

down how's that plus a giant

oh I forgot I can't turn the prisoner