The fur trader's endless quest

Brought him to the peaks of the great Northwest

And he called the mountains High Lonesome

I hear the old High Lonesome

Callin' me callin' me

There on the old High Lonesome

I'll be free I'll be free

To live my life the way I choose

The land they call High Lonesome mountains

High as the sky

Sometimes it's oh so lonesome

I could die I could die

But there alone my soul's my own

I hear you old high lonesome

Callin' me callin' me

Oh I hear you old high lonesome

Callin' me callin' me