Sam Bass & Gang (1999)

by Rick Miller

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The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.

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Denton County, Texas, USA

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By 1878 Texas was returning to some degree of normalcy after the anguish and confusion of Reconstruction.

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Indiana Beginnings
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Sam Bass was born in Indians, it was his native home;

And at the age of seventeen young Sam began to roam.

Sam first came out to Texas, a cowboy for to be --

A kinder-hearted fellow you seldom ever did see.
And so begines one of a number of versions of the "Ballad of Sam Bass," likely composed not long after Bass' death in July 1878.

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The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.

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