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Cowboy Rob asked me to write a song about David Thompson for our 2016 show. Thompson was quite a man. Read and learn, like I did!

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An English boy of just 14
Learning a life, a job, the scene
And the native tongues
His adventure had begun

Working the tools of his trade
Making true the maps he made
Lookin' to the sky
With only one good eye

And for twenty long years
Mappin’ one fifth of North America
From the peaks and the valleys to the ocean blue
With a compass, a watch, and a sextant too
David Thompson, River Chaser, Stargazer

Met his wife of native blood
Trading posts wherever he could
For the Northwest Company
And he started a family

In his journal he did say
"The age of guessing is passed away."
But in a twist of irony
The Thompson River he never did see

He crossed the Rockies
And he drew the entire Columbia
From Superior to the Western shore
No other man had shown us more
Of our home and native land
With a paddle in his hands

Late one night the devil came
Said, "I'll take all your gold and fame."
Thompson, he stood strong
Left this world without a song

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from Songs of the Cowboy Dinner Show, released June 21, 2018
Kevin Michael Bader

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Kevin Bader Vernon, British Columbia

Hello and thanks for stopping by. Music is my passion. I've been playing guitar for over 40 years and in that time I have collaborated on several different projects, with multiple individuals and organizations on stage and in studio.

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