Back when Cattle Creek used to sing

Its waters were sweet and its banks were green

And sunny days went on forever

Me and old Bugler, we'd run wild

Bluetick hound and a redneck child

We thought we were birds of a feather

Ah the fish would bite, my how they'd fight

We'd catch them possums in the pale moonlight

For Nora, just to please her

Bugler's voice like Gabriel's horn

Up from the cypress and down through the corn

Golden sounds, yes to treasure

Bugler, Bugler, bless your hide

Jesus gonna take you for a chariot ride

Say goodbye, say goodbye

One day Nora she brought the news

She said "Honey, young Bugler's done paid his dues

He's been hit down, yes on that highway"

Dry your eyes and stand up straight

Bugler's got a place at the pearly gates

Say goodbye sugar, Oh say goodbye

Bugler, Bugler, bless your hide

Jesus gonna take you for a chariot ride

Say goodbye, say goodbye

Bugler, Bugler, bless your hide

Jesus gonna take you for a chariot ride

Say goodbye, aw say goodbye