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We chased lady luck, 'til we finally struck Bonanza With a gun and a rope and a hat full of hope, we planted our family tree. We got hold of a pot full of gold, Bonanza With a horse and a saddle, and a range full of cattle, How rich can a fellow be? On this land we put our brand, Cartwright is the name, Fortune smiled, the day we filed the Ponderosa claim. Here in the west, we're livin' in the best Bonanza If anyone fights any one of us, he's got a fight with me Bonanza Hoss and Joe and Adam know every rock and pine No one works fights, or eats, like those boys of mine Here we stand in the middle of a grand Bonanza With a gun and a rope and a hatful of hope, we planted our family tree, We got a hold of a potful of gold Bonanza With a houseful of friends where the rainbow ends, How rich can a fellow be? On this land we put our brand Cartwright is the name, Fortune smiled, the day we filed the Ponderosa claim Here in the west we're living in the best Bonanza With the friendliest, fightingist, lovingist band, That ever set foot in the promised land And we're happier than them all. That's why we call it Bonanza...bonanza.. bonanza.. |
| For those of us who enjoyed the television shows of the 60's, either in black and white or color....Bonanza was one of the biggies...a Sunday evening event to be looked forward to..... The Cartwrights....Hoss, always thoughtful and kind...Little Joe, the baby...Adam, the serious son...and Pa, always wise.....every week a new adventure, good overcoming evil with a moral involved... Maybe pretty hokey by today's standards, but it was a show that the whole family could watch together. |
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