Oh, the Deadwood stages are rolling on over the plains With the curtains flapping and the drivers slapping the reins A beautiful sky, a wonderful day Whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away Oh, the Deadwood stages are heading on over the hills Where the Injun arrows are thicker than porcupine quills Dangerous land, no time to delay So, whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away We're heading straight for town, loaded down with the fancy cargo Care of wells and fargo will annoy Boy, oh, the Deadwood stages are coming on over the crest Like a homing pigeon that's hankering after its nest Twenty-three miles we've covered today So, whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away The wheels go turning round, homeward bound Can't you hear them humming? Happy times are coming for to stay Hey, we'll be home tonight by the light of the silvery moon And my heart's a-thumping like a mandolin a-plucking a tune When I get home I'm fixing to stay So, whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away Whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away Whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away Whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away Whip, crack away, whip, crack away, whip, crack away Introducing Henry Miller Just as busy as a fizzy sarsaparilla Ain't a showman any smarter Operates the golden garter Where the cream of Deadwood City come to dine And I'm glad to say he's a very good friend of mine Hi, Joe, say, where'd you get them fancy clothes? I know off some feller's laundry line Hi, Bo, aren't you the prairie rose Smellin' like a watermelon vine? Here's the man the sheriff watches On his gun there's more than twenty-seven notches On the draw there's no one faster And you're flirtin' with disaster When Bill Hickok's reputation you malign And I'm glad to say he's a very good friend of a friend Of mine On the throats as dry as a desert thistle in May In the golden garter gonna whip my whistle today Last of the bar's a three-legged crow Set him up, Joe, set him up, Joe, set him up, Joe Set him up, Joe