Calamity Jane - The Ballad of Calamity Jane

The oldest of six when the daddy died
She moved them out West where she did her best
Washin' dishes, cookin' and dancin'
But a wilder side no one could tame
They gave her the name Calamity Jane


No stranger to the battle or afraid of the fight
They say she went up the river and swam ninety miles
Onto South dip colder, she never felt so alive
They say Calamity Jane has arrived


She would drink and she would dance
They say she dressed up like a man
She'd always end up on the door
But I heard she had a heart of gold

And then in this section, met her partner in crime
His name was Wild Bill, with him she walked the line
I hear they were married maybe had her child
She went after his killer the day that he died
When she's out on a limb there's no changin' her mind

She would drink and she would dance
They say she dressed up like a man
She'd always end up on the door
But I heard she had a heart of gold

She started fashion, hit the road
Buzzin' on bills, wild west show
She sends her daughter off to school
She was broke but was no fool

They say that the whiskey finally brought her down
But I hear her name still whispered in town
She was a woman before her time
But we tell her story 'round the fire at night
We may meet her again in another life

She would drink and she would dance
They say she dressed up like a man
She'd always end up on the door
But I heard she had a heart of gold