She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night

Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down its stall
In a blizzard, he was lost

She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire

By the dark of the moon, I planted
But there came an early snow
Been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now
'Bout six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go

We'll be ridin' Wildfire
We'll be ridin' Wildfire
We'll be ridin' Wildfire

On Wildfire we're gonna ride
We're gonna leave sodbustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire


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Wildfire Lyrics as written by Martin Murphey Michael Larry Cansler

Lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Sentric Music, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    maybe this is the right group of people to ask, but.....who are what exactly are they riding?

    The song has 3 characters, the man who's narrating (singing), the girl, and the pony (wildfire).

    Wildfire is a male horse, as is evident by the line, "And the pony she named Wildfire Busted down his stall"

    Yet towards the end, he says, "She's coming for me I know And on Wildfire we're both gonna go" presumably "she" is referring to the girl who died (lost) in the blizzard. But then he says, "On Wildfire we're going to ride her We're gonna leave sod bustin' behind"

    Who's "her?" Is he and wildfire riding the girl? No, he says on wildfire, so he's at least on wildfire, "w're going to ride her", is someone else on wildfire with him? Or is he on wildfire, and wildfire on him?

    Who is this "her?"

    billyzcon October 21, 2014   Link

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