Music by Havens Wray & lyrics Bart Corwin, Copyright Date: Oct. 8, 1958

Original Air Dates: 1958 - 1961 (NBC)

Through research, we were able to determine that the first two stanzas were sung for the opening of the show and the last two for its closing.

Back when the west was very young,
There lived a man named Masterson.
He wore a cane and derby hat,
They called him Bat, Bat Masterson.

A man of steel the stories say
And women's eyes all cast his way
A gambler's game he always won
His name was Bat, Bat Masterson

The trail that he blazed is still there.
No one has come since, to replace his name.
And those with too ready a trigger,
Forgot to figure on his lightening cane.

Now in the legend of the west,
One name stands out of all the rest.
The man who had the fastest gun,
His name was Bat, Bat Masterson.

Havens Wray is the possible pseudonym of David D. Rose, composer of the famous song The Stripper.  The reason behind this is that the Bat Masterson theme is on the David Rose album The Stripper and other Family Songs with he as the composer and it is believed that the TV show had only the one theme.

Thanks goes to Sol Z. for his help.