Quotes from Anonymous: Cowboy Songs

Last night as I lay on the prairie,And looked at the stars in the sky,I wondered if ever a cowboyWould drift to that sweet bye-and-bye.

My foot in the stirrup, my pony won't stand,Good-bye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,Where the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy all day.

Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,Play the Dead March as you carry me along;Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me,For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong.

As I was a-walking one morning for pleasure,I spied a cowpuncher a-riding along.

Foot in the stirrup and hand on the horn,Best damned cowboy ever was born.Come-a ti yi youpy, youpy yea, youpy yea,Come-a ti yi youpy, youpy yea.

Whoopee ti yi yo, git along, little dogies,It's your misfortune and none of my own,Whoopee ti yi yo, git along, little dogies,For you know Wyoming will be your new home.

Remember the Red River ValleyAnd the cowboy that loves you so true.

Oh, bury me out on the prairie,Where the coyotes may howl o'er my grave.

Oh bury me not on the lone prairieWhere the wild coyotes will howl o'er me.

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo,As I walked out in Laredo one day,I spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linen,Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the clay.