The Ballad of Ed Masterson – Dodge City’s Fallen Lawman

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An authentic Western ballad telling the true story of Ed Masterson (1852–1878), Dodge City’s marshal and elder brother of Bat and Jim Masterson. From his Canadian birth and buffalo hunting days to his famous gunfight with Bob Shaw, his law enforcement in Dodge City, and his final stand against Jack Wagner, this song captures the courage, duty, and tragedy of a lawman in the Old West.

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The Ballad of Ed Masterson – Dodge City’s Fallen Lawman
LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
Born in Henryville, Canada East,
Of Irish blood, where the winds never ceased.
The Mastersons rode west, Kansas plains so wide,
Buffalo hunts with brothers by his side.
A young man’s dream in a land so new,
Where the dust of the prairie clung like glue.

[Verse 2 ]
In the Lone Star Dance Hall, Bob Shaw drew fast,
A pistol’s roar, a shadow cast.
Shot in the breast, his right arm gone,
He switched to the left, kept fighting on.
Lead found its mark in Shaw’s own frame,
Ed walked away with a hard-earned name.

[Chorus]
A badge on his chest, a weight in his hand,
Keeping the peace on the lawless land.
A quiet man with a steady eye,
For justice he’d stand, for justice he’d die.

[Verse 3]
Spring brought a law, new rules to keep,
No guns in town when the night runs deep.
Jack Wagner drunk, steel in his side,
Ed faced him down with the calm of pride.
A muzzle flash lit the April night,
Ed staggered away from the deadly fight.

[Verse 4 ]
Bat heard the shot, came running fast,
Two guns spoke, and the moment passed.
Wagner fell, Walker bled,
But the town would whisper what history said.
Some claim Ed’s hand struck back that day,
But Bat swore he fired to make them pay.

[Chorus]
A badge on his chest, a weight in his hand,
Keeping the peace on the lawless land.
A quiet man with a steady eye,
For justice he’d stand, for justice he’d die.

[Outro]
They buried him once, then the grave was lost,
A hero’s rest at an unknown cost.
But in Dodge City’s smoke and rail,
The story of Ed still rides the trail.

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