He would ride out on the prairie
Sun up and he'd be gone
On a leather strap around his neck
He wore a white bull horn
He would be an Indian for a day
Ridin' bareback on the range
He called himself Cochise
But Jimmy was his name
Chorus:
He was a western James Dean
He was a rebel he played wild
He was the first born
In my family of five
He was a most unusual
Most unusual
Unusual child
There was Frankie and there was Billy
Oh but Jimmy was my favorite one
Seems rather strange to me
When I think of what he done
So many times I wonder
What Jimmy was all about
He was sweet he was crazy
And he was inside out
Chorus
Jimmy knew he'd die young
There wasn't anything he wouldn't try
One night he tried too hard
Good-bye Jimmy good-bye
1927 The London-New York telephone service began operating, a three-minute call costing £15 1990 The Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed to the public, as its accelerated rate of 'leaning' raised fears for the safety of its many visitors 1785 The first aerial crossing of the English Channel was made by Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries, in a hot-air balloon 1925 Gerald Durrell, British author and naturalist, was born 1610 Italian astronomer Galileo discovered Jupiter's four satellites, naming them Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
