Malcolm Murray

The Rankin Family

Stood alone there, out on the highway.


In the blackness, on his own.


Through the wind, rain and fury


'Folds the story of Malcolm Murray





Not an evil bone in his body,


Not a bad thought in his mind


Always drifting, home to home


To everybody he was kind





Was a hunter and a drinker


A simple life his only care


You could find him out on the backroad


Or in a tavern, alone somewhere.





Heard one day, that he'd been missing


Gone out hunting, did not return.


The sky turned cloudy, the wind grew still


For his poor soul, my heart yearned





Found him lying, in the mountains


By a stream where he loved to be


Lost a good friend and a good man


Say farewell to Malcolm Murray





It's been said, out on the backroad.


There's a shadow by the light of the moon


Never fear, never worry,


It's just the memory of Malcolm Murray.





Stood alone there out on the highway.


In the blackness, on his own....