Many men had heard the stories But old Fritz took 'em for truth About a pass high in the Rockies That a man could walk right through Spring of 1823 he set out to find The lost path of legend and what was on the other side of South Pass A doorway in the sky South pass Way up on the Great Divide They knew they'd that found what they are looking for at last South Pass He couldn't believe his eyes When he found a mountain stream Running both directions Underneath their feet No he never dreamed that he just paved the road From the mighty Rockies down to the California coast South Pass A doorway in the sky South pass Way up on the Great Divide They knew they'd that found what they are looking for at last South Pass South Pass A doorway in the sky South pass Way up on the Great Divide They knew they'd that found what they are looking for at last And the East was coming fast South Pass