As I ride, as I ride,
With a full heart for my guide, 
So its tide rocks my side, 
As I ride, as I ride, 
That, as I were double-eyed, 
He, in whom our Tribes confide,
Is descried, ways untried, 
As I ride, as I ride. 

As I ride, as I ride, 
To our Chief and his Allied, 
Who dares chide my heart's pride 
As I ride, as I ride? 
Or are witnesses denied -- 
Through the desert waste and wide
Do I glide unespied 
As I ride, as I ride?
 
As I ride, as I ride, 
When an inner voice has cried, 
The sands slide, nor abide 
(As I ride, as I ride) 
O'er each visioned homicide 
That came vaunting (has he lied?) 
To reside -- where he died, 
As I ride, as I ride.
 
As I ride, as I ride, 
Ne'er has spur my swift horse plied, 
Yet his hide, streaked and pied, 
As I ride, as I ride,
Shows where sweat has sprung and dried,
-- Zebra-footed, ostrich-thighed --
How has vied stride with stride 
As I ride, as I ride! 

As I ride, as I ride, 
Could I loose what Fate has tied, 
Ere I pried, she should hide 
(As I ride, as I ride) 
All that's meant me -- satisfied
When the Prophet and the Bride 
Stop veins I'd have subside 
As I ride, as I ride!