[00:00.000] 作词 : Leon Payne[00:01.000] 作曲 : Leon Payne[00:05.328]Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his name[00:09.978]Yet he deserves the front row seat in History's Hall of Fame[00:14.862]He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know[00:19.864]He spoke the language of the Sioux, the Black Foot and the Crow[00:27.682](Let's drink to old Jim Bridger, yes lift your glasses high)[00:32.447]As long as there's the USA don't let his memory die[00:37.605](That he was making history never once occurred to him)[00:42.379]But I doubt if we'd been here if it weren't for men like Jim[00:51.385]He spoke with General Custer and said listen Yellow Hair[00:56.268]The Sioux are the great nation so treat 'em fair and square[01:01.297]Sit in on their war councils, don't laugh away their pride[01:06.171]But Custer didn't listen at Little Big Horn Custer died[01:11.550](Let's drink to old Jim Bridger, yes lift your glasses high)[01:16.206]As long as there's the USA don't let his memory die[01:21.110](That he was making history never once occurred to him)[01:26.180]But I doubt if we'd been here if it weren't for men like Jim[01:34.916]There's poems and there's legends that tell of Carson's fame[01:39.835]Yet compared to Jim Bridger, Kit was civilized and tame[01:44.866]These words are straight from Carson's lips if you place that story by him[01:49.851]If there's a man who knows this God forsaken land it's Jim[01:56.804](Let's drink to old Jim Bridger, yes lift your glasses high)[02:01.732]As long as there's the USA don't let his memory die[02:06.719](That he was making history never once occurred to him)[02:11.570]But I doubt if we'd been here if it weren't for men like Jim