Klassik gem from 1976. Full (single) version audio & video edit (PowerDirector).
Song written by Rusty Young.
Band Lineup:
Paul Cotton -- guitar, vocals (February 26, 1943 -- August 1, 2021)
Rusty Young -- steel guitar, guitar, vocals (February 23, 1946 – April 14, 2021)
Timothy B. Schmit -- bass, vocals
George Grantham -- drums, vocals
Al Garth -- fiddle, flute, violin, sax, vocals
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Lyrics:
Roll along, roll on - Rose of Cimarron
Dusty days are gone - Rose of Cimarron
(repeated chorus)

Trails that brought them home - Echo names they've known
Four days high and lonely - Comin' to you only
You're the one they turned to - The only one they knew who'd do
All her best to be around - When the chips were down

Shadows touch the sand and - Look to see who's standin'
Waitin' at your window - Watchin', will they ever show?

Hearts like yours belong - Following the dawn
Wrapped up in a song - Rose of Cimarron
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Rusty Young was inspired to write this song by the legend of Old West outlaw Rose Dunn, aka Rose of the Cimarron:
"'Rose of Cimarron' is a song I wrote after I picked up a brochure while Poco were on tour in Oklahoma in 1973," Young explained. "It told a story of a woman who took in outlaws in the 1800s. She fed them, mended their wounds and sent them on their way. Or so they say... When I played 'Rose' for the band, everyone wanted to make it a Poco record."

Rose Dunn was romantically involved with George 'Bittercreek' Newcomb, who ran with fellow outlaw Bill Doolin's Wild Bunch gang. In 1893, the gang was caught in a gunfight with US Marshals in Ingalls, Oklahoma. Newcomb survived, but was later killed by the Dunn Brothers, outlaws-turned-bounty hunters who also happened to be Rose's brothers. Rose was accused of tipping them off to the gang's movements, a claim she and her brothers denied.

Cimarron derives its name from the Cimarron Territory, which was an unrecognized name for No Man's Land: An unsettled area of the West and Midwest, especially lands once inhabited by Native American tribes such as the Cherokee and Sioux.

Young himself has cited "Rose of Cimarron" as the Poco song which he's most proud of having written: "I love everything about that song - from the very visual lyrics to the beautiful melody."
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