Cowboylieder

Did you ever hear tell of Sweet Betsy from Pike Who crossed the wide mountains with her lover Ike Two yoke of cattle, a large yeller dog A tall Shanghai rooster, and a one-spotted hog Singing...

I'm going to leave old Texas now They've got no use for the long-horn cow! They've plowed and fenced my cattle range And the people there are all so strange! I'll take my horse, I'll take my rope And...

Oh, give me a home Where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard A discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day! Home, home on the range Where the deer...

A cowboy's life is a weary, dreary life Some say it's free from care Rounding up the cattle from morning till night In the middle of the prairie so bare Half past four, the noisy cook will roar...

From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our pathways awhile! Come and sit by my side, if you...

I'm a-heading for the last round-up Go to saddle Old Paint for the last time and ride So long, old pal, it's time your tears will dry I'm a-heading for the last round-up Get along, little doggies, get...

Come along boys and listen to my tale And I'll tell you of my troubles on the old Chisholm trail Come a ti yi yippy yippy yi yippy yea Come a ti yi yippy yippy yea! With a ten-dollar horse and a...

Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man He robbed the Glendale train He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor He'd a hand and a heart and a brain Poor Jesse had a wife To mourn for his...

In eighteen hundred and forty-one I put my cord 'roy breeches on I put my cord 'roy breeches on To work upon the railway Fili-me-ooree, eye-ri-ay To work upon the railway In eighteen hundred and...

Sam Bass was born in Indiana, which was his native home Before he reached young manhood, the boy began to roam He first came out to Texas, a cowboy for to be – A better hearted fellow you scarce...