MOLLIE MAE FIGHTS BACK- Song Page
© words & music by Annie Wilson
from CD Sky & Water, Wind & Grass
Album Note :
Written in the old ballad style, here’s the story of a spunky cowgirl who fights back against the local bully. Is it truth or fiction? I’m not saying!
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Illustration for this song by Flint Hills artist Terra Coons
LYRICS:
Come gather round me children
And a story you will hear
About Mollie May the cowgirl
Who’s wrangled many-a steer
A brave and spunky lady
A woman of few words
And the cattle-owners trust in her To take care of their herds
Mollie lives deep in the Flint Hills
Where the roads are far between
Out in the open rangeland
Where folks are seldom seen
She used to ride in rodeos
Was several times the queen
But now she rides for ranches
She’s small & quick & lean
Mean Max was just a bully
A cruel and nasty drunk
His horses all went hungry
And his yard was full of junk
His neighbors learned to doubt
The boastful stories that he told
He liked to frighten strangers
Who happened down his road
Max had a crush on Mollie
But she never liked him back
So he tried to make her life a hell With cowardly attacks
He’d sneak into her pastures
And make her cattle scatter
She’d find them lame & stressed
wonder what could be the matter?
Oh Mollie, Mollie Mae
Just fight back,
Then you’ll have your day
Max opened Mollie’s gates until
Her cattle all had strayed
It took her weeks to sort out all
The trouble that he made
One day he finally went too far
The lowest, meanest act:
He was cuttin wires in her fence!
She saw it for a fact
Mean Max was askin for it
He’d made his big mistake
Cause Mollie May had taken all
The meanness she could take
She jumped right off her horse &
Then she headed for that man
A heavy pair of fencing pliers
Raised in her right hand
They tossed & tumbled on the ground
He hardly knew what hit him
She had him pinned and cryin out And promising he’d quit it
The neighbors saw the whole thing
And they swear that to this day
They never thought a girl her size Could fight and win that way
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Mean Max was so ashamed that Soon he moved back into town
The countryside is safe again
For folks to drive around
Max’s dirty tricks are over
Mollie’s life is trouble-free
She takes care of her cattle now
In peace and harmony
CHORUS