Mingo, The Man With The Bullwhip
[Intro]
In the days before our country became it's own
There was a man who walked this land as free as the wind
As rugged as the Kentucky wilderness
Tall as the timber, coppery skin the color of the earth he walked
His mind as quick as his lighting hand
And they called him Mingo
The man with the bullwhip
[Verse 1]
His father was British, his mother Cherokee
He'd come back from England so he could be free
And he loved this land where there was room to run
To touch a passing star or to follow the sun
[Refrain]
And they called him Mingo
The man with the bullwhip
[Verse 2]
The settlers were led by a brave just man
In buckskin clothes, a long rifle in his hand
Mingo was the friend who walked at his side
With a London education and the Cherokee's pride
[Refrain]
Yes, they called him Mingo
The man with the bullwhip
[Verse 3]
He knew the Redcolts joined with the Cherokee tribe
Not a union of love as his father and his bride
So as he rode away from the settlement at night
He still didn't know on which side he'd have to fight
[Refrain]
And they called him Mingo
The man with the bullwhip
(With the bullwhip)
[Bridge]
No matter what he did
It would be against his will
For buckskin or redskin
He'd soon have to kill
[Verse 4]
As the buckskin man took his gun in hand
Mingo and his warriors, they took their stand
Then he raised his bullwhip and he drew his knife
And the buckskin man knew he'd have to take his life
[Refrain]
The life of Mingo
The man with the bullwhip
[Verse 5]
The whip lashed like lightening at the rifle sound
It caught the big man's arm and it took him to the ground
Mingo raised his knife high above his head
And he cut that whip in half, it was then that he said
"Now this bullwhip will never come between you and me
The buckskin and the redskin together will both walk free"
[Refrain]
And they called him Mingo
The man with the bullwhip
[Outro]
So if you hear the crack of a bullwhip
Just look up and see
There's a tall man walks
Where men will be free
It's the man called Mingo
Man with the bullwhip