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[Verse 1]

The moon shone down with an eerie light

And cast its beam on the lonely night.

Shadows danced, a fluttering breeze

Stirred dead branches in the trees.
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The land laid waste, a chill in the air
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Was proof that disaster had struck there.
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The moaning wind and the glistening snow
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Seemed to whisper: Geronimo!
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Geronimo, Geronimo


[Verse 2]

A train of settlers left one day

From somewhere back east, they say.

A song in their heart and hopes unfurled

To build a life in the western world
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Husband, wives, kids by the score
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Smiling faces, dreams galore
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Future bright, but soon they'd know
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The ominous name: Geronimo!


[Verse 3]

Storm clouds gathered a few weeks out

Then came a spell of want and drought

Sick with fear they lost their way

On their knees they began to pray
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And the prays were answered, a guiding hand
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Showed the way to the promised land
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The wind moaned to let them know
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The man was known as Geronimo!
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Geronimo, Geronimo



[Verse 3]

A curl of smoke on the distant hill

A sign of peril ignored until

They suddenly saw with gasping breathe

Their doom was sealed by the hand of death
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For there on a stallion sat their fate
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Filled with a devilry, savage hate
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Decked in war paint, all in glow
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The warrior chief Geronimo!


[Verse 4]

The settler’s wagons were wrecked and burned

Men were killed wherever they turned

An area where women and child were spared
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Those alive stood shocked and scared
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The nation mourned this conny drag
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Could hard believe the terrible fact
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The tomahawks singing, arrows and bow
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Was a work of a man called Geronimo!
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Geronimo, Geronimo


[Verse 5]

He appeared one day at the stock gate door

Finally brought before the Lord to stand his trial

The verdict he got

Come to sunrise, he'd be shot
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The same moon shines on a lonely night
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And now it shines with a peaceful light
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But should you listen to the falling snow
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You hear it murmur: Geronimo!
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Geronimo, Geronimo