Bonanza (TV theme, 1959)

Welcome to the ponderosa, my friends, for an evening of songs and stories about the American West, a land of legend, of romance, of friendship and loyalty and courage. A motherload of remembrance, a true bonanza.

We chase the deluctor we finally struck Bonanza. For the gun and our opener had full hope we planted our family free. We got a hold of a pot full of gold Bonanza. For the horse and the sand on the ring, full of cattle, our rich and a fellaby.

On this land we put our grand. Our pride is the name. Fortune smile, the day we pile upon the roasting plain. Here in the west we're living in the best banana. If anyone fights anyone of us, he's got a fight with me.

Horse and Joe and Adam know every rock and pine. No one works, fights or eats like those boys of mine. Here we stand in the middle of a grand bonanza With a gun and a rope and a hat full of hope We flint it out, family free We got a hold of a pot full of gold bonanza

With a host full of friends with a rainbow ends How rich can a fellow be? On this land we put our grand Our pride is the name Fortune smile the day we've filed The ponderosa claim Here in the west we're living in the best bonanza The friendly, slightest love in this band That ever said put to the promised land

And we're happier than them all That's why we call it Bonanza! Bonanza!