I think the meaning is very straight forward. It is about a woman who was traveling on a wagon train and met a ranger who helped them, everyone else went on but she stayed behind with him. She marries him and they have a son.
One day the husband is killed and the woman is left to raise their son in the harsh land. The son eventually grows up to be a ranger lie his father.
The son catches word that the men that killed his father and going to pass through Lonesome dove to enter Mexico. He stand against them and kills them.
However, there is a legend that gun shots came from an alley way, helping to kill the men. There is no doubt who shot the gun if you asked the people that lived in Lonesome Dove. It is obvious that his mother did not want to lose another family member to these men, so she shot them from the alley.
This song is great, I love the story.
I think the meaning is very straight forward. It is about a woman who was traveling on a wagon train and met a ranger who helped them, everyone else went on but she stayed behind with him. She marries him and they have a son.
One day the husband is killed and the woman is left to raise their son in the harsh land. The son eventually grows up to be a ranger lie his father.
The son catches word that the men that killed his father and going to pass through Lonesome dove to enter Mexico. He stand against them and kills them.
However, there is a legend that gun shots came from an alley way, helping to kill the men. There is no doubt who shot the gun if you asked the people that lived in Lonesome Dove. It is obvious that his mother did not want to lose another family member to these men, so she shot them from the alley.