Old tin cans for flower pots, burlap sacks for rugs

Overalls and calico, lives of lowly mugs

But good land is our homestead and we’re livin’ free

There ain’t no landlord here to tell us what to be

Small rickety log shack, tar papered all in black

Now, the old chimney points south from the cold north wind

The windows are few but the curtains are all blue

In my view it’s a homestead mansion since back when

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Small rickety log shack, tar papered all in black

Now, the old chimney points south from the cold north wind

The windows are few but the curtains are all blue

In my view it’s a homestead mansion since back when

Our little homestead shack, there’s a lot that it lacks

But yet it still has the knack to look so home-like

Both our hands built it and now we both fit in it

Our homestead mansion will have to do for us two

Our homestead mansion is home sweet home for us two

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On the lone side of lonely is where I will be

On the lone side of lonely is where you’ll find me

Still holding on to mem’ries of what used to be

On the lone side of lonely since you have left me

On the lone side of lonely I have company

On the lone side of lonely my past follows me

I hold onto hopes dear, that you’ll return and see

On the lone side of lonely is not meant for me

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On the lone side of lonely I have company

On the lone side of lonely my past follows me

On the lone side of lonely is where I will be

On the lone side of lonely is where you’ll find me

Still holding on to mem’ries of what used to be

On the lone side of lonely since you have left me

I hold onto hopes dear, that you’ll return and see

On the lone side of lonely is not meant for me

On the lone side of lonely is where you’ll find me

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You’re just an old cowboy, and that’s all you will be

For all you can offer is a range of the free

The thoughts of your wanderin’ heart are always too far

No matter what cowboy you are

No matter what cowboy you are

No matter what cowgirl gives you kissin’ so fine

You’ll be long gone and missin’ in just a short time

Cowboy, your guiding light is a wandering star

No matter what cowboy you are

No matter what cowboy you are

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The open range is your lover, always will be

Cowboy, your kind of roving looks somewhat like me

They’ll all sing about you on their campfire guitars

No matter what cowboy you are

No matter what cowboy you are

You have no woman’s warm arms to hold you at night

Cause you’re out on the range under stars shining bright

The thoughts of your wanderin’ heart are always too far

No matter what cowboy you are

No matter what cowboy you are

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I see my cowgirl in the Texian sunlight

And I see my cowgirl in the Texian Fall

I see her riding in sunny April gladness

And hear her soft voice in whippoorwills call

I told the dogies in the pasture and prairie dogs in the ground

To everyone I shouted about the true love that I had found

My heart is just as high as the highest western cottonwood tree

And it’s all because my Texian cowgirl is in love with me

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My heart is just as high as the highest western cottonwood tree

And it’s all because my Texian cowgirl is in love with me

I see my cowgirl in the Texian sunlight

And I see my cowgirl in the Texian Fall

I see her riding in sunny April gladness

And hear her soft voice in whippoorwills call

I told the dogies in the pasture and prairie dogs in the ground

To everyone I shouted about the true love that I had found

My heart is just as high as the highest western cottonwood tree

And it’s all because my Texian cowgirl is in love with me

My Texian cowgirl is in love with me

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Boys, I write for the old cowboy nation

And I hope my songs bring you fellows joy

I wonder if the next generation

Will remember the Kingwood Kowboy

Now, I have traveled the wide world over

And many odd jobs have seen my employ

It’s my time to rest under the clover

That will soon welcome the Kingwood Kowboy

Cowboy songs I’ve written melodial

Some were happy while some were sad or coy

But my best were of cowboys jovial

So boys, think well of the Kingwood Kowboy

I can now see the coming last roundup

That memories of trails will soon destroy

But boys, flowers will grow from the ground up

To remind you of the Kingwood Kowboy

Now, when I am laid out in fine linen

Pardners, my old cowboy songs redeploy

When you lower the lid of the coffin

Sing an old song for the Kingwood Kowboy

And when on the old wagon they bear me

Ladies may weep over the real McCoy

For there will come no other to compare me

There will be no other Kingwood Kowboy

Boys, go and find some jovial fellows

And let them stagger as they all deploy

To dig me a deep grave in the meadow

And drink whiskey to the Kingwood Kowboy

Then get a couple of granite grave stones

For my head and my feet just like Rob Roy

And then boys, scratch on them, here lies the bones

Of the old song writer, Kingwood Kowboy

Then may all of you jovial cowboys

Surround my cold prairie grave full of joy

Drink whiskey til all of you will annoy

The mem’ry of the old Kingwood Kowboy

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Hold my heart for awhile and tell it one more time

How you could make it smile while you were telling lies

Hold my attention, then unfold your intention

To make me cry while you see the love in my eyes

Darling, just make me smile

Hold my heart for awhile

Oh, you caught me off guard, my heart fell really hard

And now the pieces are scarred for all time to come

I’m holding what seems to be the end of my dreams

And my heart cannot mend from this feeling so numb

Darling, just make me smile

Hold my heart for awhile

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Dear, now I know, but somehow as you go

Hold my heart now as you did long ago

Hold my heart for awhile and tell it one more time

How you could make it smile while you were telling lies

Hold my attention, then unfold your intention

To make me cry while you see the love in my eyes

Darling, just make me smile

Hold my heart for awhile

Hold my heart for awhile

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Old palomino pal, we rode many trails together

Old palomino pal, my load you carried through weather

Your faithful roundup days are done

Out to pasture you can now run

Old palomino pal of mine

Get along old pardner, bright stars will be shining tonight

Get along old pardner, the load you now carry is light

Listen to the lone whippoorwill

He’s calling softly from the hill

Old palomino pal of mine

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Old palomino pal, we rode many trails together

Old palomino pal, my load you carried through weather

Your faithful roundup days are done

Out to pasture you can now run

Old palomino pal of mine

Listen to the lone whippoorwill

He’s calling softly from the hill

Old palomino pal of mine

Old palomino pal of mine

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Cloudy, today my world is full of rain

Cloudy, I frown when I think of the pain

Now the dark days are here cause she is nowhere near

Cloudy, she turned out insincere

Cloudy, but I still love her dear

Cloudy, sunshine went when she went away

Cloudy, she never meant that she would stay

I gave her my love but not to just dispose of

Cloudy, she was my morning dove

Cloudy, what was she thinking of

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Cloudy, the truth is, I just didn’t see

Cloudy, like a real sleuth she deceived me

My whole world now spins in a circle filled with fear

Cloudy, my eyes are filled with tears

Cloudy, but I still love her dear

Cloudy, today my world is full of rain

Cloudy, I frown when I think of the pain

Now the dark days are here cause she is nowhere near

Cloudy, she turned out insincere

Cloudy, but I still love her dear

My world is cloudy and full of pain

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The western sun is rising, air is clean and fine

With just a little chill til around eight or nine

I smell breakfast cooking before the cattle drive

But there’s something else makes me glad that I’m alive

It’s that sweet and bracing scent, comes from the prairie

The aroma is all embracing, you’ll agree

Think of something that gives the prairie adorning

It’s the scent of purple sagebrush in the morning

I’ve ridden many trails in this wide and good land

Lived a cowboy’s life as rough and tough as any man

I’m an old cow puncher as free as I can be

But there is one allure that always captures me

At the time of waking it brings me thoughts so fine

Why, on just the scent alone I could rightly dine

And there ain’t no cowboy born could go a-scorning

The sweet scent of purple sagebrush in the morning

When I ride the Great Divide with its lofty spires

I’ll see no more my outfit or its warm camp fires

I would just like to say before I drift away

There is one simple thing that always makes my day

When the sun comes up and I wake up on the range

I see the land that’s so grand, may it never change

It comes every way when the day is a-borning

That sweet scent of purple sagebrush in the morning

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If you were my girl, Sue, here’s what I would do

I would capture moonbeams and give them to you

If you were my girl, Sue, and you would be true

I would love you, Sue, for my whole long life through

My darling Sue, please don’t play some masquerade

A lifetime of love for us never will fade

If you were my girl, Sue, here’s what I would do

I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you

I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you

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My darling Sue, please don’t play some masquerade

A lifetime of love for us never will fade

If you were my girl, Sue, here’s what I would do

I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you

I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you

If you were my girl

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Dear, I stopped loving you, it took such a long time

To give up old memories of when you were mine

My old sweet dreams of you have almost gone away

I stopped loving you and started living today

I spent countless hours in daydreams of you

Of the long ago when you were still true

I wasted time on a fine work of art

I stopped loving you so new love could start

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I spent countless hours in daydreams of you

Of the long ago when you were still true

I wasted time on a fine work of art

I just stopped loving you, new love can start

Dear, I stopped loving you, it took such a long time

To give up old memories of when you were mine

My old sweet dreams of you have almost gone away

I stopped loving you and started living today

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Larry Jones is my name, as I have recounted

I’m in Colorado in Larimer County

Yes folks, you’ll find me out west where I make my bed

And starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Hurrah for Larimer County, it’s home for me

And it’s home for the bed bug, grasshopper and flea

I’ll sing to it praises though I soon may be dead

While starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Now, my hut is made from logs in Homestead Meadows

The pine walls are solid and keep in the shadows

But the old roof has no pitch and when the winds blow

It sure is a cinch that it will let in the snow

I’m happy on my one hundred sixty acres

Thanks to Larimer County’s movers and shakers

But I’ve got nothing to eat, from no rows to hoe

Now I think nothing from nothing adds up to zero

I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead

Though prairie rattlesnakes hiss their tune at my head

Centipedes have many legs, they walk with no fear

But I fear they’ll lay their many eggs in my ear

Now, you other homesteaders, you say you will stay

And chew on smoked beef jerky til you’re old and gray

But as for myself, I’m done with hard tack and dread

And starving to death on my Larimer homestead

My clothes, they are all rags and the life here is rough

My food is corn dodgers, of them I’ve had enough

I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead

So I’ll go back to bed after the dogs are fed

Bye to Colorado and Larimer County

One hundred sixty acres is not a bounty

I won’t sing it praises cause I soon may be dead

While starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Adios to Larimer County and the west

Back home to Texas is where’s the land I love best

I’ll marry me a wife on a west Texas spread

Quit starving to death on my Larimer homestead

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Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

Now, it was down in Texas I rode

To break broncos or get myself throwed

I crossed the Red River for the work

With a six shooter on Texas dirt

Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

They roped out for me a skew ball paint

With double rigged saddle for restraint

Well, being afraid I surely ain’t

So I climbed on that wild skew ball paint

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Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

He bucked so hard I swallowed my wad

Afore ten yard I wallowed the sod

I told the ranch boss I just resigned

Boys, he laughed so hard he looked plum blind

Well boys, back across the Red I rode

Where the Kansas and Texas rivers flowed

That skew ball paint didn’t like the load

I break broncos but got myself throwed

Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

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It changes nothing now what this life brings to me

Cause I’ll be alright from now til eternity

Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

Dear, it was only a year ago since we met

I never thought that you would go, to my regret

But now you’re gone and you’ve retracted every vow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

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Dear, now that you have gone and left me here so blue

I can only blame myself since I can’t blame you

Whatever happened, I don’t understand just how

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

As water flows under a bridge and is soon gone

I’ll soon forget all the love from you I have known

Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

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My friends ask if I still love you

And they ask how I’m doing now

They ask me if I’m feeling blue

Any sadness I just disavow

The truth is hard for me to say

I’m not good at such works of art

I just say nothing bothers me

Because it appears and departs

It appears and departs alright

Oh, it appears when I awake

And it doesn’t depart all night

Oh, a man has a lot of pride

So he can’t admit that he cried

For a love he has in his heart

I just say nothing bothers me

Because it appears and departs

My friends ask why you departed

And if I’ve found anyone since

I just answer them half-hearted

I know they laugh at my expense

The truth is hard for me to say

I’m not good at such works of art

I just say nothing bothers me

Because it appears and departs

Pain of heart appears and departs

It appears and departs

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Up on top of the mountains in Colorado

There, tall snow capped peaks greet the sun

That shines above the tree line in Colorado

For all to see that night is done

Summer winds blow warm on golden grain fields below

That beg my return to its glow

Where I can live my childhood dreams of long ago

On mountains in Colorado

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(Up on top of the mountains in Colorado)

There tall snow capped peaks greet the sun

(That shines above the tree line in Colorado)

For all to see that night is done

Summer winds blow warm on golden grain fields below

That beg my return to its glow

Where I can live my childhood dreams of long ago

On mountains in Colorado

(On mountains in Colorado)

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Well, I’m a Texas cowboy far away from home

When I ride back to Texas, I will no more roam

Montana is too cold and winters are too long

Before Spring roundups start, your money is all gone

I worked the X-I-T which now I’ll never see

Lest I go back to Texas and they pardon me

I’ve worked in Nebraska where grass grows ten feet high

Cattle are the rustlers, they make good cowboys die

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I’ve worked in the sand hills and down along the Platte

Most cowboys are good fellers and cattle are fat

I traveled this whole country and worked for the brand

All through the Indian Nation and the Rio Grande

All along the Yellowstone where it’s cold year round

Boys, I got consumption from sleeping on the ground

The badlands of Montana are the worst I’ve seen

Ain’t no place for tenderfeet and cows are too lean

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So all you Texas cowboys, take warning from me

Go to Montana but leave your money with me

Just work down in Texas all the whole year around

You won’t get consumption from sleeping on the ground

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Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

When you are here safe in my arms

And I will dwell in thoughts of you

Well on into the daytime too

Til I can see your many charms

The sun and moon above know who I’m dreaming of

All the heavenly stars brightly shine just for you

Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

So darling, remember you’re mine

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The sun and moon above know who I’m dreaming of

All the heavenly stars brightly shine just for you

Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

So darling, remember you’re mine

Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

So darling, remember you’re mine

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Come gather round cowboys and listen to my song

For I’m sure you’ll be pleased and it won’t take too long

I’ll sing to you of things that you may not agree

Of the Texas panhandle’s famous X-I-T

If you ride to Dalhart, find Rufus Jack Bradley

He’s the big wagon boss and he’ll treat you badly

He’ll toss you on a hoss on three million acres

And he’ll make you break a hundred widow-makers

When you ride up to the Escabada bunkhouse

You’ll see sod upon the roof, and for sure a mouse

Ask what it is and you’ll be told the same as me

Greenhorn, this is your bed on the big X-I-T

Oh, for sure you’ll rise early morn before daybreak

And boys, you’ll scorn the taste of cold X-I-T steak

And for fixin’ fences in rain, don’t think it strange

Cause you’re now employed on the big X-I-T range

Some cowboys say X-I-T means Ten In Texas

But I know a ten’s as big as my paycheck is

And boys, if to Mr. Farwell you wish to complain

You won’t be gettin’ far on the X-I-T range

Now you cowboys, I no longer here can remain

And I hope my Texas song has caused you no pain

But when I am gone, now don’t you think of me strange

For I’ve been a cowhand on the X-I-T range

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I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

For what good is tomorrow with no one to love

I’d give up tomorrow with all its clouds of gray

To take back today the one love I’m dreaming of

Tomorrow will open an empty world for me

I’ll give in to sorrow more than I’m having now

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

I don’t want tomorrow without love anyhow

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Tomorrow will open an empty world for me

I’ll give in to sorrow more than I’m having now

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

I don’t want tomorrow without love anyhow

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

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Listen pals and you’ll pity my sad tale

I’m sickly and I’m lookin’ mighty pale

I gave up my job with its fancy frills

To hunt gold in South Dakota’s Black Hills

Listen pals, don’t go, stay a common man

And stay away from that old town Cheyenne

Cause there’s Outlaw Will and Comanche Bill

Who’ll take more than your gold in the Black Hills

The round-house at Cheyenne is full at night

Full of drifters in search of men in plight

Their clothes are ragged with pockets to fill

With the gold you carry from the Black Hills

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Listen pals, I went to Cheyenne for gold to find

All I found were mem’ries I left behind

Through hail and snow and rain up to the gills

I became an orphan in the Black Hills

So pals, listen to advice I’ll unfold

Don’t go to Cheyenne a-huntin’ for gold

Cause only the railroad’s pockets you’ll fill

Hunting gold in South Dakota’s Black Hills

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There’s a big jackhammer beating nearby

But just where it is I haven’t a clue

I know it’s near and I feel its war cry

But I only hear my heartbeats for you

There’s a big flock of geese flying up high

Oh, I know they’re somewhere up in the blue

I’m told they sound loud when they’re on the fly

But I only hear my heartbeats for you

I see we’re in a beautiful garden

Just off a crowded street or avenue

Where there must be a lot of commotion

But I only hear my heartbeats for you

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There’s a big flock of geese flying up high

Oh, I know they’re somewhere up in the blue

I’m told they sound loud when they’re on the fly

But I only hear my heartbeats for you

I see we’re in a beautiful garden

Just off a crowded street or avenue

Where there must be a lot of commotion

But I only hear my heartbeats for you

Dear, I only hear my heartbeats for you

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Well boys, it’s coming onto Spring

So it’s time to tune up and sing

About the greening of the pastures in the sun

And the sound of the birds and roundup of the herds

Tune up your whistles, everyone

Oh my, the sun’s a-shinin’ in the sky

Old Man Winter is biddin’ us goodbye

The air is gettin’ warmer, don’t you say

I’m informed it’s nigh on the month of May

And snow is meltin’ off the Great Divide

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Soon a cowboy sees redwing blackbirds in the trees

And that means the cold wind is held at bay

You cowboys know it’s time to say

Spring’s a-comin’, can’t you feel it

And this wool coat, it’s time to peel it

Well boys, it’s coming onto Spring

So it’s time to tune up and sing

About the greening of the pastures in the sun

And the sound of the birds and roundup of the herds

Tune up your whistles, everyone

Cause boys, it’s coming onto Spring

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Here comes paradise, there is no disguise

With a heart that’s true and love in her eyes

Love in paradise is in store for me

Here comes paradise with her golden hair

It’s so nice to know that for me she cares

Each day and night she’s paradise to me

I was so lonesome til she came my way

But now I own some paradise today

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I was so lonesome til she came my way

But now I own some paradise today

Here comes paradise like the Summer warm

My heart is in song as we stroll along

Here comes paradise in a love that’s strong

Here comes paradise

Here comes paradise with her golden hair

Paradise is here with love in the air

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I’ve worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long

Spring roundup’s come and gone and Summer’s hot and strong

I’ve worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long

And now it’s time for me to ride along

Mama wrote from Texas but Texas ain’t my home

Texas ain’t my home, no, Texas ain’t my home

Mama wrote from Texas but Texas ain’t my home

Cause I’ve been a bad outlaw too long

I’ve worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long

Spring roundup’s come and gone and Summer’s hot and strong

I’ve worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long

And now it’s time for me to ride along

Rangers and posse are ridin’ after me

Ridin’ after me, oh, they’re searchin’ hard for me

Rangers and posse are ridin’ after me

And now it’s time for me to ride along

I miss my Texas girl, miss her oh, so bad

Miss her oh, so bad, miss her oh, so bad

I miss my Texas girl, miss her oh, so bad

She’s back down in Texas feeling sad

I’ve worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long

Spring roundup’s come and gone and Summer’s hot and strong

I’ve worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long

And now it’s time for me to ride along

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Little Jimmy Dickens is more than slim pickins’

It’s true, he may be little but he sure is loud

Jimmy Dickens, with that big Gibson he’s pickin’

Out Behind the Barn he draws a big country crowd

Little Jimmy Dickens wears a big western hat

And keeping it real country is his legacy

Little Jimmy Dickens has got his act down pat

He fills up the stage at the Grand Old Op-er-ree

Now, Jimmy Dickens is nobody’s Stepping Stone

Cause Jimmy said, Take An Old Cold Tater and Wait

And May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose

When that old Fireball Mail comes rolling down the grade

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Little Jimmy Dickens is more than slim pickins’

It’s true, he may be little but he sure is loud

Jimmy Dickens, with that big Gibson he’s pickin’

Out Behind the Barn he draws a big country crowd

Little Jimmy Dickens is a big country star

He’s engraved in the country music hall of fame

So, if you like real country, you can’t raise the bar

Cause Little Jimmy Dickens is his great big name

Little Jimmy Dickens, cowboy boots a-kickin’

He’s stickin’ to real country songs

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(Welcome sunshine)

Welcome sunshine, well, don’t you know I love your smile

And don’t you cry sunshine, if I’m gone for awhile

I was so lonesome that I had tears almost start

Then I thought of you and felt bluebirds in my heart

Welcome sunshine, keep your bright eyes loving just me

And I will welcome blue skies anywhere I‘ll be

You don’t have to worry if I’m walking the line

The train’s stopped at the station, so welcome sunshine

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(Welcome sunshine)

Welcome sunshine, keep your bright eyes loving just me

And I will welcome blue skies anywhere I‘ll be

You don’t have to worry if I’m walking the line

The train’s stopped at the station, so welcome sunshine

You don’t have to worry if I’m walking the line

The train’s stopped at the station, so welcome sunshine

Welcome sunshine

Welcome my sunny sunshine

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Well, you’re gazing now at gold miner Jones

A left over from bygone days

But I want it known I’m still on my bones

And I ain’t here lookin’ for praise

It’s often my mind dreams of days grown old

And yes, it’s seems I do repine

For the days of old when we mined the gold

Back in the year of forty nine

My comrades I tell, they treated me well

Although they were a raunchy crew

They were as rough as grit I must admit

But they were miners brave and true

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When we were in a pinch, none gave an inch

I never heard them moan or whine

And just like good old men they all kicked in

Back in the year of forty nine

Now, of all the old miners I have known

There ain’t but one left here to boast

And I want it known I’m still on my bones

Although I’m looking like a ghost

Now, as I roam along from town to town

Old folks think I’m the next in line

Cause I’ve spent my gold from the days of old

Back in the year of forty nine

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Now, come all you wily cowboys who have no fright

Out in the rain and hail

Go and roundup the cattle from morning til night

Out on the Chisholm Trail

Your time will be dreadful for the life that you chose

Riding through heat and cold

You’ll be almost froze from the water on your clothes

And soaked in your bedroll

You’ll see bright flashes of lightning shine in your eyes

Out on the Chisholm Trail

Cowboys have to be brave and not afraid to die

There’s no room for the frail

You better think of your farms and its shanty charms

Your wife will wear a veil

Don’t sound an alarm or think you’ll be dry and warm

Out on the Chisholm Trail

Now, come all you wily cowboys who have no fright

Out in the rain and hail

Go and roundup the cattle from morning til night

Out on the Chisholm Trail

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Well now, you top rail roosters think it’s fun

To jest sit up there and git nothin’ done

Yer line of blab is gittin’ hard to take

While I grab this wild coffin head to break

Ride ‘im you say, with talk that’s down right cheap

You top rail roosters couldn’t ride a sheep

Well boys, go on and blab, each one of you

I’ll take yer old jab and I’ll ride ‘im too

Well now boys, he’s quit his awful pitchin’

Now, which one of you might have the itchin’

Come round tomorrow, he’ll be just as tame

You top rail roosters will be just as lame

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Ride ‘im you say, with talk that’s down right cheap

You top rail roosters couldn’t ride a sheep

Well boys, go on and blab, each one of you

I’ll take yer old jab and I’ll ride ‘im too

Well, none of you boys will ever save face

And none of you will ever take my place

You’re top rail roosters, every one of you

And that’s about all you will ever do

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Every time we say hello, my world is better

Every time we say hello, my heart’s in fetters

And everyone must know how much I love you so

Cause everything is better with our love aglow

Dear, when you are here, there’s nothing wrong about it

Stead of singing songs, I want to shout about it

There’s no better song, I’ll wager

That goes from minor to major

Every time we say hello, when we say hello

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Every time we say hello, my world is better

Every time we say hello, my heart’s in fetters

Dear, when you are here, there’s nothing wrong about it

Stead of singing songs, I want to shout about it

There’s no better song, I’ll wager

That goes from minor to major

Every time we say hello, when we say hello

There’s no better song, I’ll wager

That goes from minor to major

Every time we say hello, when we say hello

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You’re fed on grass and two years old

Worth the fourth of an ounce of gold

Big and fat and as wild as sin

The range won’t see you there again

Tenderloin for the man who shirks

Neck and knuckles for him who works

Adios longhorn, don’t you rant

On your way to the packing plant

Away you go, so long, longhorn

You caused me sweat since early morn

Now loaded with a hundred more

Your ranging days are now long o’re

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Away you go, so long, longhorn

You caused me sweat since early morn

Now loaded with a hundred more

Your ranging days are now long o’re

Rawhide and tallow, hoofs and horns

Nothing that the packing plant scorns

Adios longhorn, don’t you rant

On your way to the packing plant

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When I see an evergreen tree

Dear, it so reminds me of you

An evergreen tree grows up strong

Like an evergreen love that’s true

Evergreen tree, evergreen tree

Evergreen love has come along

Evergreen love’s a lasting love

For evergreen is never blue

The lasting song I’m singing of

Is sweet evergreen love from you

Evergreen tree, evergreen tree

Evergreen love has come to me

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Evergreen love’s a lasting love

For evergreen is never blue

The lasting song I’m singing of

Is sweet evergreen love from you

Evergreen tree, evergreen tree

Evergreen love has come to me

When I see an evergreen tree

Dear, it so reminds me of you

An evergreen tree grows up strong

Like an evergreen love that’s true

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Well, I’m a young western singer

But every song I start to sing

Some cowboy starts in to yellin’

Who choked that young dogie, poor thing

All the cowboys up and leave me

Not one of them stay very long

When I set my western voice free

With this old familiar sad song

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo

Oh, as I walked out in Laredo one day

I first took to drinkin’ then to card playin’

Got shot in the breast and am dyin’ today

I hate to see all them punchers run

And I hate to hear them all say

Git a rope, someone git a gun

And hang that young singer today

I don’t understand why they act

As if I am doing so wrong

Cause I’m a young western singer

With this old familiar sad song

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo

Oh, as I walked out in Laredo one day

I first took to drinkin’ then to card playin’

Got shot in the breast and am dyin’ today

Well, I’m a young western singer

I guess I’m just doing it wrong

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I’ve always been a rover, I guess the foolish kind

Pretty girls I looked over, in quest of all I’d find

None could ever hold me though they begged for me to stay

I told all I loved them in a foolish kind of way

The foolish kind of way was the system that I used

I spread myself around and now I’m down with the blues

I never thought about tomorrow, only today

I told all I loved them in a foolish kind of way

I went to smoky places where I had lots of fun

I thought they were OK places, never hurt no one

Now when folks talk about me, here’s what all of them say

He told all he loved them in a foolish kind of way

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The foolish kind of way was the system that I used

I spread myself around and now I’m down with the blues

I never thought about tomorrow, only today

I told all I loved them in a foolish kind of way

So, listen to the tale of someone who really knows

Time is gonna tell if you don’t keep right on your toes

Don’t leave your heart at home and then go outside to play

Don’t tell all you love them in a foolish kind of way

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O’re the wide prairie, the prairie so wide

Early in morning this cowboy now rides

This cowboy rides, boys, this sad cowboy rides

Early in morning this cowboy now rides

She wrote a letter and sent it by stage

I read it over page by dreadful page

She married another by some design

I must not tarry, she’ll never be mine

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Rose of the prairie, this cowboy is blue

Though you’re now married, dear, I still love you

My love’s still true dear, my love is still true

Though you’re now married, dear, I still love you

O’re the wide prairie, the prairie so wide

Early in morning this cowboy now rides

This cowboy rides, boys, this sad cowboy rides

Early in morning this cowboy now rides

My rose of the prairie made this cowboy blue

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To a cowpoke’s ear, the bawl of a steer

Is a melody of the plains

And when gray coyotes make their howling notes

To him it’s just a grateful strain

And his cowboy song as he rides along

Is all about his pretty gal

With her golden hair she’ll be waiting there

By the gate of the old corral

For a king’s gold crown in a big old town

He would turn down and never change

For his life is free on the wide prairie

Riding out on the western range

His eyes are open to everything there

But there’s nothing to make him fret

And if now and then his soul has a care

It will bring him no cold regret

The loud pounding beat of his pony’s feet

On the sod as he rides along

Is in harmony with the melody

Of his light hearted cowboy song

He still rides the way as in yesterday

With a big holler and a hoot

With a tightened cinch that won’t give an inch

When he digs with a roweled boot

The skies may turn grey and make cowboys pray

And the wind may blow cold and moan

But a cowboy’s way is his only way

The saddle is a cowboy’s throne

So, saddle up boys for the ride today

Just look at those big western skies

And we’ll know the joys of a cowboy’s way

For I can see it in your eyes

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Well, they’re tunin’ up the fiddles

Way down in old Butcher Holler

Where Grandpa Jones sings his riddles

They say he beats all the callers

In the country around about

There’s one old bow legged feller

And he’s the loudest, there’s no doubt

Listen to him laugh and beller

Now, balance all and do-si-do

Rope her, tie her and let her go

Now, swing her round and place her there

Promenade all and don’t be square

Now, all choose your pretty partners

Just go grab the next one after

Now, step lively to the corners

And shake the roof with your laughter

Now, let’s all do it one more time

Do-si-do, with lots of prancin’

Cause there is nothin’ quite as fine

As Butcher Holler square dancin’

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I rode out from El Paso following his tracks

The sheriff said I would know how to bring him back

This star I wear is shiny, reflecting the sun

It feels so heavy for the job that must be done

The outlaw is a man who’s taller than them all

He was once a good man before his wayward fall

The circuit judge he gunned down and now he must pay

I rode out from El Paso for this wayward prey

Once upon a time he lived for justice and right

Until his young wife was killed with malice one night

His world was shattered as he shoveled in the ground

He dug a grave and laid his darling six feet down

Vengeance he declared on all who took her young life

The gun he wears is notched in mem’ry of his wife

But vengeance only grows into another flaw

Blind reason turns a man into a bad outlaw

I rode out from El Paso to track an outlaw

When we were young cowboys we both looked like our Paw

His eyes shine just like mine and we both carry guns

This outlaw and me, both of us are Daddy’s sons

This star I wear is shiny, reflecting the sun

It feels so heavy for the job that must be done

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South of the Rio in the square of Laredo

Mariachis sing Cielito Lindo in song

A senorita in the square of Laredo

Broke my heart and I’m in Mexico all alone

Al sur del Río en la plaza de Laredo

Mariachis cantan Cielito Lindo en canción

Eyes as black as midnight promised love with their glow

But now my sad plight is as dim as it can be

Here I feel contrite in the square of Laredo

I know my senorita’s been deceiving me

Tequila poured free in the square of Laredo

I stopped for awhile at Jose’s cantina door

My ears heard the sweet sound of Cielito Lindo

The same song that she said was ours forevermore

Al sur del Río en la plaza de Laredo

Mariachis cantan Cielito Lindo en canción

Then I saw her there in the square of Laredo

Dancing with a young vaquero in the night air

I challenged the vaquero whom I didn’t know

For the senorita’s love we both couldn’t share

North of the Rio and the square of Laredo

I sadly recall the bad deed that I had done

And whenever I hear sweet Cielito Lindo

Once again I see her step in front of his gun

The tale that they tell in the square of Laredo

Of a young senorita whom they all adored

Loved a Gringo there in the square of Laredo

She’ll be their Cielito Lindo forevermore

Al sur del Río en la plaza de Laredo

Mariachis cantan Cielito Lindo en canción

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Well, here comes old Chester the town crier

He’s the gloomiest man seen around town

Had a girl, but her he couldn’t inspire

Now Chester the town crier wears a frown

Old Chester used to have a happy face

He told the whole town about her embrace

Anyone could see Chester was in love

Until I stole his girl I’m singing of

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I told the whole town with a happy face

Just how much I enjoyed her warm embrace

But then she left me and the whole town sees

The town criers are old Chester and me

Now I look like Chester the town crier

Oh, both of us enjoyed her warm embrace

But neither one of us could we inspire

Chester and I both wear a gloomy frown

Well, here comes old Chester the town crier

We’re the gloomiest men seen around town

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Howdy stranger, haven’t seen you in quite awhile

Well, I’m OK, and I see you’re still dressed in style

I remember when you sang to me your swan song

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

I know you’re married and I hope you stay that way

Heard he carried you across the threshold last May

That’s the same thing I did for you when I was strong

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

Adios dear, I’ll tip my hat to yesterday

No, it’s not a tear, you and I are molded clay

Just remember that clay doesn’t last very long

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

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I know you’re married and I hope you stay that way

Heard he carried you across the threshold last May

That’s the same thing I did for you when I was strong

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

Adios dear, I’ll tip my hat to yesterday

No, it’s not a tear, you and I are molded clay

Just remember that clay doesn’t last very long

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

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When evening falls, do you yearn for me

By empty walls, do you yearn for me

And at any time when you’re alone

Do you yearn for any love we’ve known

Has your heart learned or turned into stone

When mem’ries come, do you yearn for me

When you’re lonesome, do you yearn for me

Although it has been so long ago

I would again wish our love could grow

Please let me know, do you yearn for me

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Do you yearn for any love we’ve known

Has your heart learned or turned into stone

When mem’ries come, do you yearn for me

When you’re lonesome, do you yearn for me

Although it has been so long ago

I would again wish our love could grow

Please let me know, do you yearn for me

Although it has been so long ago

I would again wish our love could grow

Please let me know, do you yearn for me

Do you yearn for me

Do you yearn for me

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Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

Did you know, did you know by dawn of morning light

You could tell you almost lost your mind

Were they warm, were they warm, your memories last night

Or were they as cold as snow and ice

Did they form, did they form memories clear and bright

Did you know someday you’ll pay the price

Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

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Were they warm, were they warm, your memories last night

Or were they as cold as snow and ice

Did they form, did they form memories clear and bright

Did you know someday you’ll pay the price

Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

Did you know, did you know by dawn of morning light

You could tell you almost lost your mind

Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

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Yesterdays are always in my memory

Though they’re bygone, they’re still shadows in my heart

Every day I close my eyes and then I see

Bygone yesterdays that never did depart

How I remember old friends from yesterday

I recall mostly kind words they had to say

Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

I never sing the old Scot song, Auld Lang Syne

Such things make me cry for those who’ve passed away

I’d rather think they’re just asleep, counting sheep

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

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How I remember old friends from yesterday

I recall mostly kind words they had to say

Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

I never sing the old Scot song, Auld Lang Syne

Such things make me cry for those who’ve passed away

I’d rather think they’re just asleep, counting sheep

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

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On the license our signatures are on the lines

Marriage is a covenant made for all of time

But looking at history, there’s no mystery

Cause you were on my mind long before you were mine

Dear, you were on my mind

Long before you were mine

And you were in my heart

Long before our new start

Now we both share a door

To happiness and more

I knew love’s light would shine

Long before you were mine

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Written down on paper are words that sound sublime

Down in my heart those words are engraved for all time

Like endless ocean waves, I’ll honor words I gave

Cause you were on my mind long before you were mine

Dear, you were on my mind

Long before you were mine

And you were in my heart

Long before our new start

Now we both share a door

To happiness and more

I knew love’s light would shine

Long before you were mine

Dear, you were on my mind

Long before you were mine

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On a wide brown prairie in early Texas days

John Parker came to settle on the land

But he knew not the cunning of Comanche ways

Nor what lay in store for Cynthia Ann

When cabins and Fort Parker were finally built

They felt the land was right for them to stay

Menfolk did the hunting and women made their quilts

Cynthia Ann was just a child at play

One day Comanches came, five hundred in their band

Eighteen thirty six, in the month of May

When the massacre was done, not a man would stand

Cynthia Ann, Comanches took away

Cynthia Ann Parker lived the Indian life

She grew up learning all Comanche ways

Peta Nocona took Cynthia Ann as wife

Three half-breed children filled up all her days

The story isn’t over, there’s another turn

Texas Rangers searched near by and far flung

The rescue of Cynthia Ann was their concern

Their deeds at Medicine Mound is still sung

Son, Quanna Parker, a famous Indian chief

Is still remembered to this very day

But Cynthia Ann died in Texas full of grief

She still missed her tribal Comanche ways

On a wide brown prairie in early Texas days

John Parker came to settle on the land

But he knew not the cunning of Comanche ways

Nor what lay in store for Cynthia Ann

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If when you’re asleep in the night

A voice you hear softly spoken

Of someone who’s deep in their fright

And their hope is deeply broken

With each wave they travel along

While the hull is fragile and weak

Doing right will never be wrong

So, if their horizon is bleak

Go on and light the voyagers lantern

And when you do, oh please light one for me

Perhaps it will help all of us discern

The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea

And as a new day awakens

You will find new friends waiting there

For you will not have forsaken

The voyagers lantern of care

Go on and light the voyagers lantern

And when you do, oh please light one for me

Perhaps it will help all of us discern

The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea

Go on and light the voyagers lantern

And when you do, oh please light one for me

Perhaps it will help all of us discern

The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea

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Somewhere is wherever she has gone

Somewhere I know that I have gone wrong

I cannot get her out of my mind

So, I’ve thought it through and this I find

Someone, somewhere, is telling her things I meant to say

Someone, somewhere, is dwelling on things that I let stray

I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair

Someone, somewhere, is now loving my someone somewhere

Well, it has been awhile but I’m OK by myself

And I still try to smile with my heart upon the shelf

Yeah, I’m still here while she’s been somewhere covering ground

And I’m pretty sure that this here is what she has found

Someone, somewhere, is telling her things I meant to say

Someone, somewhere, is dwelling on things that I let stray

I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair

Someone, somewhere, is now loving my someone somewhere

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She might be in Colorado

She might be in Eldorado

I might be a desperado with nowhere to go

Somewhere is wherever she has gone

Somewhere I know that I have gone wrong

I cannot get her out of my mind

So, I’ve thought it through and this I find

Someone, somewhere, is telling her things I meant to say

Someone, somewhere, is dwelling on things that I let stray

I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair

Someone, somewhere, is now loving my someone somewhere

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Well, I’d rather live in a deep wooded holler

Where the live oak trees won’t allow the sun to shine

Than to know that somehow you could love another

When you said that you would vow to always be mine

I now sleep in a deep wooded holler

And when I awake I can find no rest

Every hour it seems my world gets smaller

Every time my poor heart beats in my chest

Dear, in my deep wooded holler you are welcome

If you’re not wedded, you can rightly come herein

Here in my poor heart dear I will always love you

For you know that it was your love I tried to win

(Instrumental)

I now sleep in a deep wooded holler

And when I awake I can find no rest

Every hour it seems my world gets smaller

Every time my poor heart beats in my chest

Dear, in my deep wooded holler you are welcome

If you’re not wedded, you can rightly come herein

Here in my poor heart dear I will always love you

For you know that it was your love I tried to win

(Instrumental)

I now sleep in a deep wooded holler

And when I awake I can find no rest

Every hour it seems my world gets smaller

Every time my poor heart beats in my chest

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Now, every big town has a side

Where people go and people hide

When their life of lost love has turned them upside down

Now, I know that I’m only one

Who knew just when the tide had turned

It was when her pride headed her for some new ground

(Instrumental)

Oh, I felt lost and so confused

I felt my heart was being used

Until one day a broken heart like mine I found

When I found you it turned the tide

Now both our smiles we cannot hide

Ever since I found you on the lost side of town

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When I found you it turned the tide

Now both our smiles we cannot hide

Ever since I found you on the lost side of town

Now I’m no longer on the run

You and I are the same as one

I’m so glad I found you on the lost side of town

I’m so glad I found you on the lost side of town

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When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you

When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you, on you

There’ll be no deceiving when you’re receiving a dream that will come true

Dream on, dream on, you dreamer

Beam on, beam on, moon schemer

Tomorrow may come your redeemer

A true love dream may come to you

One time I felt so blue

Didn’t know what to do

Then I wished upon a star

More than a dream is what you are

(Instrumental)

I’m in love again, your hand in glove I win, walking with you

When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you

When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you, on you

There’ll be no deceiving when you’re receiving a dream that will come true

When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you, on you

There’ll be no deceiving when you’re receiving a dream that will come true

Dream on, dream on you dreamer

Beam on, beam on moon schemer

Tomorrow may come your redeemer

A true love dream may come to you

(Instrumental)

I’m in love again, your hand in glove I win, walking with you

When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you

When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you, on you

There’ll be no deceiving when you’re receiving a dream that will come true

When a full moon dreaming comes beam, beam, beaming on you

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Oh, sing me a song of a cowboy gone

I ask pard, could that man be me

With joy in his soul he rode trails alone

From plains and mountains to the sea

Home was behind across the Great Divide

Ahead was all that dreams allowed

Youth was spent taking life and love in stride

But where is youthful vigor now

(Instrumental)

Oh, sing me a song of a cowboy gone

I ask pard, could that man be me

With joy in his soul he rode trails alone

From plains and mountains to the sea

Oh, give me the cowboy that once was here

Give me the twinkle in his eye

And give me the song that he once held dear

One he sang under western skies

(Instrumental)

Oh, sing me a song of a cowboy gone

I ask pard, could that man be me

With joy in his soul he rode trails alone

From plains and mountains to the sea

Saddle and reins over mountains and plains

Sleeping out til the morning dawn

Oh, sing me a song with a sad refrain

The cowboy that was me is gone

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Give to me the trail I love

And let the land go by me

Give to me the sky above

And streams that flow beside me

Let me bed with stars to see

And water from the river

The cowboy life is for me

Just let me ride forever

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Let the wind blow east or west

And let what ‘ere come ‘ore me

I will face it at my best

Along the trail before me

Gold I don’t seek, fame nor love

Nor some old pal to know me

For all I seek and know of

Is the long trail before me

(Instrumental)

Bring Fall or Winter on me

Though cold become my fingers

Branches bare on all the trees

A cowboy cannot linger

Let the wind blow east or west

And let what ‘ere come ‘ore me

I will face it at my best

Along the trail before me

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I’ve got a little lonesome and a lot of blue

My mind has come to know that it’s because of you

And only time will tell if I’ll get over you

I’ve got a little lonesome and a lot of blue

My thoughts of you seem to never end

My heart needs a lot of time to mend

My dear, I’ve got a little lonesome

And a lot of blue

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Sweet dreams still come my way when every twilight starts

Though you’re now far away I hold you in my heart

I’ve got a little lonesome and a lot of blue

I still love someone dear and you know that it’s you

My thoughts of you seem to never end

My heart needs a lot of time to mend

My dear, I’ve got a little lonesome

And a lot of blue

Oh yes, I’ve got a little lonesome

And a lot of blue

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I’ve become used to the laughing

Life has now become a grand ball

There’s no more crying I’m having

It’s you I must thank most of all

I’ve become used to the smiling

You caught me when I had my fall

There’s no more lost love that’s dying

It’s you I must thank most of all

(Instrumental)

I’ve become used to the loving

And I’m in it for the long haul

No more taking without giving

It’s you I must thank most of all

I’ve become used to the laughing

Life has now become a grand ball

There’s no more crying I’m having

It’s you I must thank most of all

I’ve become used to the laughing

It’s you I must thank most of all

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True love came upon a blue Monday

Saturday and Sunday both were gone

Monday was the day I felt alone

But when you came it was not the same

You came on a blue Monday

That fine day in my courtyard

I now hold in high regard

And I know that you do too

(Instrumental)

You made blue Monday my obsession

Now, days of the week equal seven

That I learned in early school lessons

But now I know one is from heaven

Blue Mondays were solitaire

No true love was there to share

Til you came with loving care

On a blue, blue Monday, so rare

True love came upon a blue Monday

On a blue, blue Monday, so rare

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Why, pardner, why did I say farewell to Texas

Why, tell me why, I’m now in Colorado snow

Why, pardner, why did I say farewell to Texas

Cause there’s a Texas posse after me, I know

With lots of loaded ammo searching high and low

I was a wrangler on a ranch herding cattle in the sun

After counting, the foreman said he was missing ninety one

I had hid ‘em in a gulch and tried to keep ‘em all alive

But then I ran out of grass and mulch and lost the cattle drive

(Instrumental)

Why, pardner, why did I say farewell to Texas

Why, tell me why, I’m now in Colorado snow

Why, pardner, why did I say farewell to Texas

Cause there’s a Texas posse after me I know

With lots of loaded ammo searching high and low

There was a banker in a bank counting dollars one by one

And I heard him holler when I told him that I wanted some

I was wearin’ my bandana across my face and my nose

Now, where that Texas posse came from nobody rightly knows

(Instrumental)

Why, pardner, why did I say farewell to Texas

Why, tell me why, I’m now in Colorado snow

Why, pardner, why did I say farewell to Texas

Cause there’s a Texas posse after me I know

With lots of loaded ammo searching high and low

Yeah, there’s a Texas posse after me I know

With lots of loaded ammo searching high and low

Pardner, that’s why I said farewell to Texas

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Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

They get busted and bloodied in the west

They’re some real tall crackers

Cause they’re all bushwhackers

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

Old movies prove they’ve stood the time of test

Their six guns are bigger

They have a hair trigger

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

(Instrumental)

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

They don’t wash their dirty clothes like the rest

Soap and water they shun

They smell rotter in the sun

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

Shootin’ and pluggin’ varmits at their best

One was Johnny Moody

Was no Howdy Doody

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

(Instrumental)

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

And they don’t win no medals for best dressed

Blue skies all turn cloudy

When they all say howdy

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

Pardner, by now I’m sure that you have guessed

They never get all stressed

Hair grows tall on their chest

Men are rugged and rowdy in the west

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You boarded that ship and then sailed away

You’re somewhere out of sight across the spray

It was anchors aweigh and through the foam

You left me here because you had to roam

My compass heading is spinning around

While I’m searching the seven seas for you

And I’m hoping that I don’t run aground

Dear I’m searching the seven seas for you

(Instrumental)

Sweetheart I know you’re somewhere in a swell

But just where you’ll land only time will tell

Once you were mine but now you sail the brine

I’ve got to say I love you one more time

My compass heading is spinning around

While I’m searching the seven seas for you

And I’m hoping that I don’t run aground

Dear I’m searching the seven seas for you

Yes I’m hoping that I don’t run aground

Dear I’m searching the seven seas for you

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Scraps and shreds, broken pieces

Of yesterday’s love affair

Scraps and shreds, pain increases

Almost more than I can bear

Your portrait dear, is signed with love

And I still have your left hand glove

You left scraps and shreds, little things

That play on hearts of broken strings

Scraps and shreds, broken pieces

Of yesterday’s love affair

(Instrumental)

Our castle once was built with love

And in it we would dance and play

Now there are only pieces of

The remnants of that brighter day

Scraps and shreds, broken pieces

Of yesterday’s love affair

Scraps and shreds, pain increases

Almost more than I can bear

Scraps and shreds, broken pieces

Of yesterday’s love affair

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Summer has departed, September sunset

Orange glow through my window

For some moments still dwell

Again I dream of Spring, such a lovely thing

A time for wedding rings

And all the world was well

(Instrumental)

Two hearts then were happy, our skies were blue

Dreams almost came true

For me and for you

Summer has departed, September sunset

I wonder if yet

You remember too

(Instrumental)

Two hearts then were happy, our skies were blue

Dreams almost came true

For me and for you

Summer has departed, September sunset

I wonder if yet

You remember too

Summer has departed, September sunset

I wonder if yet

You remember too

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All love songs I wrote meant nothing

They were just words found in my mind

For I wrote them all while rushing

To fill a page with empty lines

Oh, I received some accolades

For lines I wrote that led to fame

But for me it was just charades

Until that time in which you came

(Instrumental)

I always knew you were special

Words can’t describe a love so strong

Each line I now write so careful

You are the chorus of my song

Oh, we were young and had to grow

I’m sorry that it took so long

This heart of mine wants you to know

You are the chorus of my song

(Instrumental)

My early poems were soon noticed

But most were written while so blue

I never thought I’d be focused

Only on words describing you

Oh, we were young and had to grow

I’m sorry that it took so long

This heart of mine wants you to know

You are the chorus of my song

This heart of mine wants you to know

You are the chorus of my song

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Now, I’ve been around, far outbound

And now I know why people say

I’ll return to where I still yearn

For the town of my childhood days

I can still see that big oak tree

That grows in Summer’s field of hay

Her name and mine I carved with glee

In the town of my childhood days

(Instrumental)

In school I sat way in the back

Most times I would avoid her gaze

Our house was just a little shack

In the town of my childhood days

Where is she now, I wonder still

I know she has gone her own way

Her house was big, upon a hill

In the town of my childhood days

(Instrumental)

I recall that banana split

With ice cream and sweet cherry glaze

But no banana was put in it

In the town of my childhood days

And in my childhood memories

One scene in mind is still ablaze

The gym burned down in a strong breeze

In the town of my childhood days

(Instrumental)

Well, here I am now, back in time

Old memories still on display

Today I watched as the sun did shine

On the town of my childhood days

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Bout a mile west of El Paso on a dry Texas day

Next to his saddle and lasso a dying cowboy lay

His good friend sat beside him as his wound was flowing red

With ears trying to hear the last words that his old pal said

Pardner, old pardner, I think it’s high time I said goodbye

I know that stage is a-comin’, I hear it gettin’ nigh

Be sure to tell the stage coach driver where to make a stop

Where a stream of brandy flows down from the high mountain top

(Instrumental)

You and me rode trails together and rambled all around

In both fair and stormy weather we slept out on the ground

Old pal, don’t let me miss that Butterfield stage and that stop

Where a stream of brandy flows down from the high mountain top

Tell my sweet San Francisco girl not to worry at all

I’m through with ridin’ drag, cause I’ve heard my last cattle call

I won’t have to wash my Levis or change my dirty socks

Where a stream of brandy flows down from the high mountain top

(Instrumental)

When I’m gone tell her that everything’s gonna be alright

That I’m somewhere out there just sleeping day and night

And I’m not ridin’ trails and I won’t need no barber shop

Where a stream of brandy flows down from the high mountain top

Pardner, old pardner, I think it’s high time I said goodbye

I know that stage is a-comin’, I hear it gettin’ nigh

His head went down and he closed his eyes when his breathing stopped

His pal tossed his saddle and lasso to the stage baggage top

(Instrumental)

Pardner, old pardner, I think it’s high time I said goodbye

I know that stage is a-comin’, I hear it gettin’ nigh

Be sure to tell the stage coach driver where to make a stop

Where a stream of brandy flows down from the high mountain top

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(You Are The Chorus Of My Song)

translation from English to German by Julia Heyne

Alle meine Lovesongs waren leer

Mur Worte aus meinem Verstand

Eilig schrieb isch sie alle und mehr

Um Seiten zu fullen mit meiner Hand

Oh, ich bekam Preise dafur zur Ehre

Fur Songs mit meinem Namen

Aber ich fuhlte nur eine Leere

Bus du und deine Liebe in mein Leben kamen

Du bist was ganz Besonderes fur mich

So eine starke Liebe fuhlte ish noch nie

Zeile fur Zeile schreibe ich nur fur dich

In meinem Song bist du die Melodie

Wir waren jung und das heist

Ich brauchte Zeit und will jetzt wie nie

Dass du ganz sicher weisst

In meinem Song bist du die Melodie

Meine Lovesongs aus fruherer Zeit

Werden in Vergessenheit bleiben

Meine Gedanken suchen so weit

Nach Worten, die Dich beschreiben

Wir waren jung und das heist

Ich brauchte Zeit und will jetzt wie nie

Dass du ganz sicher weisst

In meinem Song bist du die Melodie

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In a border town just north of Manzanilla

He was slurpin’ on a cone of sweet vanilla

Cowboys were dancin’ to an old Crosley jukebox

And their boot scoots were a little unorthodox

As that old Crosley was spinnin’, there came a boom

The wood dance floor started thinnin’, and pretty soon

He saw at the swingin’ doors a man standin’ there

He was the son of Pancho Villa, with a glare

It was a few years back, they laid old Pancho down

His son was on attack from Manzanilla town

In the bar was a Ranger, a real tough wrangler

Here’s what the Texas Ranger said to the stranger

Son of Pancho Villa, north of Manzanilla

Be careful ‘fore you make me drop my vanilla

Come on over here and belly up to the bar

Cause if you don’t, I’ll think you’ve gone a-ways too far

Now, that son of Pancho Villa was not so smart

Paid no attention to the Ranger from the start

He grabbed the nearest cowboy and gave him a bonk

Tried to kiss Miss Lulu, queen of the honky tonk

When the Ranger saw that things were gittin’ rowdy

He figured it was time for him to say Howdy

Son of Pancho Villa, north of Manzanilla

Didn’t know how strong a man gets from vanilla

Son of Pancho Villa, north of Manzanilla

You done made me drop my cone of sweet vanilla

Then the Ranger took Miss Lulu from Villa’s arms

And he commenced to tell her she was in no harm

That’s when son of Pancho Villa saw his big chance

He swung a cone of vanilla, but it just glanced

The Texas Ranger said he felt a blast of wind

And that young son of Pancho thought he’d try again

Son of Pancho Villa, up here you’re a stranger

And I like vanilla, said the Texas Ranger

Son of Pancho carried his gun outside his pants

But against the Ranger, he didn’t stand a chance

The son of Pancho Villa shot out all the lamps

But when they were lit again, all knew who was champ

Son of Pancho Villa, north of Manzanilla

Was dead as the Ranger licked his vanilla

Son of Pancho Villa, north of Manzanilla

Be careful ‘fore some Ranger drops his vanilla

So, take note all you sons of Ponchos and strangers

You might take a lickin’ from a Texas Ranger

Son of Pancho Villa, north of Manzanilla

Was dead as the Ranger licked his vanilla

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It might be harmful if thoughts could be read

Some things are better never known than said

When it comes to love some will never know

How much a heart can love another so

There are things I’d like to tell you, but it’s so hard to do

Such things as, that I know your love for me will not come true

When I see you from a distance my poor heart breaks in two

Yes, there are things I’d like to tell you, if you only knew

(Instrumental)

When we were still in high school it began

You led the softball team, I was your fan

Then you went your way and I went on mine

But some things never disappear with time

There are things I’d like to tell you, but it’s so hard to do

Such things as, that I know your love for me will not come true

When I see you from a distance my poor heart breaks in two

Yes, there are things I’d like to tell you if you only knew

Yes, there are things I’d like to tell you, if you only knew

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Sometimes a famous painting can be deceiving

One can be reminded of love that’s true

Don’t let yourself be deceived into believing

For her sweet lips now smile for someone new

Look closely, it’s a painting from my memory

And the colors I used are mostly blue

Her Mona Lisa face, I painted cleverly

But her sweet lips now smile for someone new

(Instrumental)

She’s gone, but here in my memory I kept it

Yes, that old flame of love that once we knew

But now, she’s just a canvas and I’ll accept it

For her sweet lips now smile for someone new

Look closely, it’s a painting from my memory

And the colors I used are mostly blue

Her Mona Lisa face, I painted cleverly

But her sweet lips now smile for someone new

Look closely, it’s a painting from my memory

But her sweet lips now smile for someone new

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Write me a letter by your own hand

Don’t come here with Covid-19 flu

Write me a letter from the heartland

Then dear I won’t get the virus too

Write me a letter cause you’re now banned

Your Covid-19 might make me blue

Wear a brand new glove on your right hand

Then dear I won’t get the virus too

(Instrumental)

Write me a letter by your own hand

Don’t come here with Covid-19 flu

Write me a letter from the heartland

Then dear I won’t get the virus too

Your Covid-19 I’m afraid of

It’s worse than any old winter flu

Write me a letter don’t come near love

Then dear I won’t get the virus too

Then dear I won’t get the virus too

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Tonight I’m longing for Boulder County

Where Rocky Mountain breezes blow

O’er the flowers with petals so downy

And my sweet Boulder County rose

I can still hear the mountain folks singing

While guitars and mandolins play

And through Boulder Canyon banjos ringing

I hear their echoes as if to say

Tonight I’m longing for Boulder County

Where Rocky Mountain breezes blow

O’er flowers with petals so downy

And my sweet Boulder County rose

(Instrumental)

I recall when she walked close beside me

In night air that smelled like perfume

And she promised that she would my bride be

I’ll be in Boulder County soon

Tonight I’m longing for Boulder County

Where Rocky Mountain breezes blow

O’er flowers with petals so downy

And my sweet Boulder County rose

(Instrumental)

Tonight I’m longing for Boulder County

And my sweet Boulder County rose

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I replaced the brake on the old Aeromotor windmill

And as I did I felt kinda proud

The same old mill grandpa set is pumping cool water still

To fill stock tanks when there are no clouds

While on the small windmill platform I looked over the acres

My grandpa and Ma’s home on the range

He lived to see change by big money policy makers

Not much to brag about from the change

(Instrumental)

But my grandpa was a cowboy from his hat to his boots

And my own Dad was cut from the same

Now I’m the third generation who’s come out of that chute

Living the cowboy code is my aim

Sometimes I wonder if the old Aeromotor windmill

Will see my kids and theirs take their stand

To live by the same code and hold out their brand of goodwill

While they show they are proud of this brand

(Instrumental)

I replaced the brake on the old Aeromotor windmill

And as I did I felt kinda proud

For I have a feeling that my kids and theirs in turn will

Say the same kinda thing right out loud

The old Aeromotor windmill will be proud

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I’m number ninety nine on the top forty chart

Your new number one didn’t give our love a start

I belong at the bottom on a three chord song

I’m number ninety nine on the top forty chart

There’s no reward at the bottom of country lists

I went for the top but I guess this time I missed

It won’t be long before the big ‘ol teardrops start

I’m number ninety nine on the top forty chart

(Instrumental)

I’m number ninety nine on the top forty chart

You’re number one in the song of a broken heart

And this time I’m way too far down the line to climb

I’m number ninety nine on the top forty chart

I could say congrats but I’m not at bat with you

You went and made me blue and my heart’s torn apart

I didn’t make the grade on the big hit parade

I’m number ninety nine on the top forty chart

I’m number ninety nine on the top forty chart

(spoken) At least it’s not a hundred

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A snowy night

With slopes of white

The time was right and soon

We fell in love under the Aspen Snowmass moon

The moon was low

Fire was aglow

Such a delight to swoon

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

(Instrumental)

Each flick’rin flame

Had but one aim

To make your heart and mine the same

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

(Instrumental)

Here in my ear

I’ll never hear

Such a lovely love tune

Such a delight to swoon

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

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Out yonder in west Texas, there’s a place I’m free

Ridin’ cattle trails with a saddle under me

Here in the east it’s busy, busy as can be

My heart is blue and my time in the east is through

Out yonder in west Texas, friends are always true

Out yonder in west Texas, no bright city lights

I’ll roll out my old bedroll on a starry night

Shoot the rattlesnakes and pet the ugly horned toads

And dream of some sweet cowgirl who will be my bride

Out yonder in west Texas is where I’ll soon ride

(Instrumental)

Out yonder in west Texas, there’s a place I’m free

Ridin’ cattle trails with a saddle under me

Here in the east it’s busy, busy as can be

My heart is blue and my time in the east is through

Out yonder in west Texas, friends are always true

Out yonder in west Texas, roundups in the Spring

Songs of little dogies I’ll hear the cowboys sing

Soon as I can change, I’ll ride out across the range

The moon will glow at night, by day the sun will shine

Out yonder in west Texas, I’ll leave blues behind

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Ridin’, ridin’, ridin’, across the western prairie

While stars are bright at night across the western prairie

It don’t matter how far, ‘long as your hoss can carry

You and your own darlin’, across the western prairie

Across the western prairie with a yippie-i-yay

Now that’s one fine way for romancin’ and makin’ hay

And you’ll see some vistas, not of the ordinary

Ridin’, ridin’, ridin’, across the western prairie

(Instrumental)

Now, I like my darlin’ fair and she don’t upset me

She took one look at me and said she can’t forget me

She had another love but someone shot ‘ol Harry

That’s why I’ve got her now, ridin’ across the prairie

Across the western prairie with a yippie-i-yay

Now that’s one fine way for romancin’ and makin’ hay

And you’ll see some vistas, not of the ordinary

Ridin’, ridin’, ridin’, across the western prairie

Me and Mary, ridin’ across the western prairie

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If you’re a Texan walk right in the door

If your name is Bill, Cody, Colt or Pat

As long as you’re from Texas here’s the floor

Cause there’s a big ‘ol Howdy on the mat

If you come from Houston or Waco too

And you have a drawl on things to discuss

Then you must be a Texan through and through

When you speak you sound just like one of us

(Instrumental)

In big New York City town I heard say

There lived a fella known as one tough guy

He came to Texas on one sunny day

And thought he’d give the cowboy life a try

Now, he was wealthy but his name was Sue

The ranch foreman is laughing to this day

He said now sonny here’s a note for you

The big tough guy read what it had to say

If you’re a Texan walk right in the door

If your name is Bill, Cody, Colt or Pat

As long as you’re from Texas here’s the floor

Cause there’s a big ‘ol Howdy on the mat

If you come from Houston or Waco too

And you have a drawl on things to discuss

Then you must be a Texan through and through

When you speak you sound just like one of us

(Instrumental)

If you’re a Texan walk right in the door

If your name is Bill, Cody, Colt or Pat

But if you’re from New York City fella

We don’t need no Sue who’s Cinderella

If you’re a Texan walk right in the door

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Well, if I had the wings of an eagle

I’d fly to a place way out in the west

Where the sun goes down with rays quite regal

There’s a small ranch by a stream I love best

It’s an old cowboy’s dream, by an old mountain stream

That will remain deep down in my heart

Where big cattle were bred, on that small distant spread

There is no chain to keep dreams apart

(Instrumental)

On that small spread of dreams, for to me it still seems

That mem’ries each day unfold at dawn

And like to a lost stray, all those dreams seem to say

Cowboy, you’re sure a long way from home

It’s an old cowboy’s dream, by an old mountain stream

That will remain deep down in my heart

Where big cattle were bred, on that small distant spread

There is no chain to keep dreams apart

And like to a lost stray, all those dreams seem to say

Cowboy, you’re sure a long way from home

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Oh, a trail is gonna lead ‘cross the land

Across the land

Oh, a trail is gonna lead with a voice

A kid’s gonna need to be a cowboy

Be a cowboy

But only now when he’s young can he dream

Yes, he can dream

It’s only now when he’s young can he dream

Riding cattle trails in Summer is warm

Riding cattle trails in Winter means storms

A kid is only a dreamer

By the old cattle trail

Cause the old trail is too long

And a kid is too frail

(Instrumental)

But then the whole wide world begins to change

The kid grows tall

And the voice he then hears is from the range

The trail has called

The trail has called and the song that is heard

Is like a drawl

A cattle call

Oh, a trail is gonna lead ‘cross the land

Across the land

Oh, a trail is gonna lead with a voice

A kid’s gonna need to be a cowboy

Be a cowboy

But only now when he’s young can he dream

Yes, he can dream

It’s only now when he’s young can he dream

Oh, a trail is gonna lead a cowboy

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A snowy night

With slopes of white

The time was right and soon

We fell in love under the Aspen Snowmass moon

The moon was low

Fire was aglow

Such a delight to swoon

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

(Instrumental)

Each flick’rin flame

Had but one aim

To make your heart and mine the same

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

(Instrumental)

Here in my ear

I’ll never hear

Such a lovely love tune

Such a delight to swoon

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

Under the Aspen Snowmass moon

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Oh, a cowboy who’s on a gallop rides alone

All by himself is where he always will belong

Git along Buckeye, there’s a rainbow in the sky

And there’s gold in the streams far ahead

We’ll get there sometime soon in the sweet by and by

Git along Buckeye, to a new spread

Oh, a cowboy who’s on a gallop rides alone

All by himself is where he always will belong

(Instrumental)

Oh, a cowboy who’s on a gallop rides alone

Far away from his old saddle pals

Old Buckeye, he’s a-ridin’, listens to his song

Bout leavin’ behind some pretty gal

Oh, a cowboy who’s on a gallop rides alone

All by himself is where he always will belong

(Instrumental)

Git along Buckeye, there’s a rainbow in the sky

And there’s gold in the streams far ahead

We’ll get there sometime soon, in the sweet by and by

Git along Buckeye, to a new spread

Oh, a cowboy who’s on a gallop rides alone

All by himself is where he always will belong

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I’ve got a piggie named pokey

And he squeals mostly in low key

He squeals and he squeals quite slowly

You’ll love my piggie named pokey

When you gig it he gets with it

He squeals and he squeals so boldly

When you pinch his nose he goes an octave higher

Pinch his feet and it’s a treat to hear a pig choir

(Instrumental)

Get you a piggie named pokey

One that squeals mostly in low key

He’ll squeal and he’ll squeal quite slowly

You’ll love your piggie named pokey

When you gig it he’ll get with it

He’ll squeal and he’ll squeal so boldly

I’ve got a piggie named pokey

I love his high and low key songs

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If I had a cayuse with white wings

On his back and away I would fly

To Cindy I would give a gold ring

And all of my love before I die

Wrap me up in my oil skin slicker

Then play your guitar somber and slow

Gather six wranglers free from liquor

Lay me down like a cowboy laid low

(Instrumentaal)

Then all of you gather some big stones

Cover me from my head to my toe

Chisel on one and let it be known

Here a young cowboy lies down below

Wrap me up in my oil skin slicker

Then play your guitar somber and slow

Gather six wranglers free from liquor

Lay me down like a cowboy laid low

(Instrumentaal)

Then go gather six wrangler top hands

To bring her here so Cindy will know

Today you will have to make new plans

Here lies the cowboy who was your beau

Wrap me up in my oil skin slicker

Then play your guitar somber and slow

Gather six wranglers free from liquor

Lay me down like a cowboy laid low

(Instrumentaal)

Wrap me up in my oil skin slicker

Lay me down like a cowboy laid low

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We were thirty miles from Decatur, now listen to my tale

The storm, it was a downpour on the old Chisholm cattle trail

Thirty miles from Decatur, gettin’ low on whiskey and beans

Boys I think we’ll get no drink until we reach old Abilene

Now, our trail boss he rode at the front, tough as buffalo hide

The stream, it was so wide he couldn’t see to the other side

Thirty miles from Decatur, we couldn’t cross the flooded stream

Boys I think we’ll get no drink until we reach old Abilene

(Instrumental)

Now, our cookie was a good old pal, although he had no charm

We sent him up a tall pine tree for to sound the flood alarm

Thirty miles from Decatur, we saw waters that we ain’t seen

Boys I think we’ll get no drink until we reach old Abilene

The trail boss, he went crazy on the old Chisholm cattle trail

And I’m the only cowpoke left that’s livin’ to tell the tale

Thirty miles from Decatur, the storm it was mighty and mean

Boys I think we’ll get no drink until we reach old Abilene

Thirty miles from Decatur, the storm it was mighty and mean

Boys I think we’ll get no drink until we reach old Abilene

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Horses and saddles and Montana skies

Mama and Papa and old fam’ly ties

Headin’ there to where the blue skies are fair

Horses and saddles and Montana skies

Down the trail across the stream

Where the big bald eagles fly

Nature puts on quite a scene

There I’ll stay until I die

(Instrumental)

Wrinkles and rockin’ chairs and twinkling eyes

Mama and Papa and old songs reprise

Headin’ there to where the blue skies are fair

Horses and saddles and Montana skies

Stayin’ away was so wrong

Headin’ home been gone too long

This big town ain’t my demise

Montan’ I’ll never despise

Horses and saddles and Montana skies

Horses and saddles and Montana skies

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On the day he was born there was thunder

A young cowpoke who would never know joy

As he grew up he couldn’t but wonder

Oh, what will befall this kind of cowboy

He rode the night-herd and wished for the day

On his own ranch wranglers he would employ

Such was not to be for he was a stray

Oh, what will befall this kind of cowboy

Oh, what will befall this kind of cowboy

(Instrumental)

Most of his trails led him only to jails

With outlaws and rustlers, evil decoys

And he wrote on the walls of his travails

Boys, here’s what befalls this kind of cowboy

He rode the night-herd and wished for the day

On his own ranch wranglers he would employ

Such was not to be for he was a stray

Oh, what will befall this kind of cowboy

Oh, what will befall this kind of cowboy

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Well, I had the best of future plans

That was back when I was in my natural prime

Said I would do it with these two hands

Yeah, I had the best of future plans back in time

Well, I never finished your castle

I guess there were too many hills we had to climb

You’re the queen of a lowly vassal

Oh, I had the best of future plans back in time

(Instrumental)

Now, some folks say that I’m a quitter

And at times I wonder if they just may be right

But you say you don’t need the glitter

And I still feel like a man when you hold me tight

You tell me often to remember

That not all songs of dreams have to end with a rhyme

Our love is more than just an ember

Yeah, I had the best of future plans back in time

(Instrumental)

I know that you deserve much better

And so my dear I’m trying to save every dime

For your true love I’ll be a debtor

Yeah, I had the best of future plans back in time

You tell me often to remember

That not all songs of dreams have to end with a rhyme

Our love is more than just an ember

Yeah, I had the best of future plans back in time

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One night he saw with his eyes full open

So much more than he had seen at the start

As in his time of need he was searching

For a blue bay for a blue lonely heart

Too many years and too many oceans

Too many harbors waiting to depart

Leagues of loneliness and lighthouse searching

For a blue bay for a blue lonely heart

(Instrumental)

Calling out for the heavens

To hear the cries of his soul

Across the waves it beckons

For a blue bay o’er the shoal

Pale moonlight reflects off darkened waters

Like a pathway on a nautical chart

Drawn to a harbor of love he’s hoping

For a blue bay for a blue lonely heart

Drawn to a harbor of love he’s hoping

For a blue bay for a blue lonely heart

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All the stars over Texas were losing their glow

As she drove from Houston and our last rodeo

In her rear view mirror she still could see me there

Nothing could be clearer than truth that’s hard to bare

Doom can guide you when a star your heart is tied to

Like back when that girl gave my world a five point spin

The lone star girl of Texas gave my heart a whirl

The lone star girl of Texas is gone from my world

(Instrumental)

Now in some Texas town she’ll guide another heart

He’ll be tied to a star that will break his heart apart

All the stars over Texas are losing their glow

As she drives from Dallas and their last rodeo

Doom can guide you when a star your heart is tied to

Like back when that girl gave my world a five point spin

The lone star girl of Texas gave my heart a whirl

The lone star girl of Texas is gone from my world

The lone star girl of Texas is gone from my world

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Our future is sunny now, no clouds about

There’s nothing that shrouds a new born day

We have emerged from the last stages of doubt

Love will now lead us (love will now lead us) on our way

Love will now lead us (love will now lead us) on our way

To a sunny day (right away) to a sunny day

To a sunny day

My dear we can make it now the line is drawn

It’s a new start as we’re heard men say

I see a rainbow on this marvelous dawn

Love will now lead us (love will now lead us) on our way

Love will now lead us (love will now lead us) on our way

To a sunny day (right away) to a sunny day

To a sunny day

(Instrumental)

Don’t look behind, for that’s not the way

See the future, with no clouds of grey

Our future is sunny now no clouds about

There’s nothing that shrouds a new born day

We have emerged from the last stages of doubt

Love will now lead us (love will now lead us) on our way

Love will now lead us (love will now lead us) on our way

To a sunny day (right away) to a sunny day

To a sunny day

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Well, I rode the fence line all day, ‘til the shadows got real long

I tied old Dan under some trees, with his saddle laid nearby

By the campfire light I spent the night, while the breeze sang a song

Of the call of the whippoorwill, and the fence wire lullaby

I listened to the rusted wire as it sang of times long gone

Tales of buffalo, when Indian bows made the arrows fly

And cowboys like me rode night herd, ‘til the early morning dawn

With the call of the whippoorwill, and the fence wire lullaby

(Instrumental)

The fence wire lullaby was as soothing as a balladeer

Across the prairie a tune was played that reached into the sky

And as I drifted off in my dreams I still could softly hear

The low call of the whippoorwill, and the fence wire lullaby

And as I drifted off in my dreams I still could softly hear

The low call of the whippoorwill, and the fence wire lullaby

The fence wire lullaby

The fence wire lullaby

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All of those sad times in old country songs

When love crossed the lines between right and wrong

Are now in the past because love is strong

I’m so glad all of my sad times are gone

Laughter together’s now easy and free

The good life is now just for you and me

It’s not like the times in old country songs

I’m so glad all of my sad times are gone

(Instrumental)

Laughter together’s now easy and free

The good life is now just for you and me

It’s not like the times in old country songs

I’m so glad all of my sad times are gone

It’s not like the times in old country songs

I’m so glad all of my sad times are gone

I’m so glad all of my sad times are gone

All of my sad times are gone

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She opens the pantry

As the dawn of day starts to shine

Her coffee smells dandy

She’s not very hard to define

Her kiss is like sweetest candy

This fair lady of mine

She awakens my world

Like a young gypsy when dancing

Her hair hangs down in curls

Dixie girl made for romancing

And at night the stars align with

This fair lady of mine

(Instrumental)

I have all I could own

And there’s nothing more I’m needing

For her love fills our home

Like a book written for dreaming

I love every line esteeming

This fair lady of mine

I have all I could own

And there’s nothing more I’m needing

For her love fills our home

Like a book written for dreaming

I love every line esteeming

This fair lady of mine

This fair lady of mine

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Seasons have rolled by love, while I’m here alone

Things are not the kind of plans I condone

Lonely are rooms where memories now dwell

Are you happy dear, since you said farewell

Days are now low with sorrow

Nights are slow and filled with tears

I wish for bright tomorrows

As I have through lonely years

(Instrumental)

Darling, won’t you try and reconsider

And plant a new hope within my poor heart

For my wish to live will have no flicker

Should we remain so very far apart

When you receive this letter

I hope you feel like I do

For in all kinds of weather

I’ll wait patiently for you

Yes, in all kinds of weather

I’ll wait patiently for you

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Eh eh eh eh, eh eh eh eh

North of the border, up Canada way

That’s where Hank Snow came to show cowboys how to sing and play

And now it’s no wonder why Canadians say

The Blue Ranger can stay, up Canada way

Her Yellow Roses and Chantilly Lace

Are songs Hank composes while there’s a smile upon his face

On each Victoria, he tuned up to play

I’ll be Movin’ On, up Canada way

(Instrumental)

Hank sang The Name Of The Game is le demain

She never dreamed Hank was parting

Hank sang of tomorrow in sweet refrain

But that le demain never came

North of the border Hank rode back one day

I’ve Been Everywhere was his song, but at home he could not stay

The chapel bells told him that his heart must pay

North of the border, up Canada way

Eh eh eh eh, eh eh eh eh

Eh eh eh eh, eh eh eh eh

North of the border, up Canada way

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Why why why why do cowboys cry

North of the border, up Abilene way

That’s where this cowboy rode

To a railroad to draw my pay

On long trails I wandered

A love came my way

North of the border, up Abilene way

I met a cowgirl in old Abilene

Sweet was her gentle smile

I stayed awhile to view the scene

Her name was Vanessa and asked me to stay

North of the border, up Abilene way

Close to my ear she whispered, tomorrow

Cowboy please come and hear my love song

But she cried as I told her in sorrow

Down a trail I must ride alone

North of the border, I returned in May

There in the pale moonlight

Her eyes were bright as I heard her say

To a new cowboy I’ll love you always

North of the border, up Abilene way

Why why why why, do cowboys cry

Why why why why, I said goodbye

North of the border, up Abilene way

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Moonbeams softly stream through the window

Like a halo gleaming on your hair

I see you smile upon your pillow

And no other face could look so fair

You satisfy my heart each morning

Our love is precious like golden ore

Your night dream sweetheart is adorning

Like love songs now and forevermore

(Instrumental)

Sweetheart when we’re apart I miss you

I think of you wherever I go

And my darling I must say this too

I’ll love you as long as breezes blow

There aren’t many rules we must follow

True love doesn’t need to keep a score

We won’t stumble any tomorrow

If love leads now and forevermore

We won’t stumble any tomorrow

If love leads now and forevermore

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You found my grill on Blueberry Hill

On Blueberry Hill you made me blue

You ate your fill on Blueberry Hill

And lingered until upchucked you threw

Your wind like a billow made

No sweet melody

And all of that meat you ate

Was a felony

Was it a fart that gave me a chill

You found my grill on Blueberry Hill

Your wind like a billow made

No sweet melody

And all of that meat you ate

Was a felony

Was it a fart that gave me a chill

You found my grill on Blueberry Hill

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Well, leaving her I thought was so clever

But my new love was a lost endeavor

My old love’s tickled pink because I’m blue

I have to admit the tables have turned

I’m at my wits end and my heart is burned

My old love’s tickled pink because I’m blue

I feel like last year’s modern Romeo

Now I’m down to cheap beers and dominoes

And she’s just tickled pink because I’m blue

(Instrumental)

I feel like last year’s modern Romeo

Now I’m down to cheap beers and dominoes

And she’s just tickled pink because I’m blue

Oh, she doesn’t know the trouble I feel

She speaks only of how I double deal

And she’s just tickled pink because I’m blue

Oh, she’s just tickled pink because I’m blue

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A trucker returned to his old home town

To find his darling from long times ago

But when he got there his face wore a frown

That showed the look of a heartbreak shadow

Truck driver rollin’ with no consolin’

Now payin’ for his absence out of view

Wedding bells ringin’ with joyous singin’

And somebody’s darlin’ sayin’ I do

(Instrumental)

A lover’s sweet song should never sound wrong

Even a trucker needs a warm abode

Well mister you never even kissed her

I say to myself drivin’ heartbreak road

A lover’s sweet song should never sound wrong

Even a trucker needs a warm abode

Well mister you never even kissed her

I say to myself drivin’ heartbreak road

That’s what I say while drivin’ heartbreak road

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Today at lunch he mentioned a familiar name

Of a different girl but it set my mind aflame

I felt as though he could read the thoughts of my mind

For my heart and my lost dreams are so intertwined

I wonder just what you became

There’s no need to establish blame

I ponder how it was back then

We’ll never know what might have been

(Instrumental)

You were so courageous and never very shy

Not thinking I said things outrageous on the fly

We both laughed together and sometimes we would cry

And I still wonder why we ever said goodbye

I wonder just what you became

There’s no need to establish blame

I ponder how it was back then

We’ll never know what might have been

(Instrumental)

Oh, there have been times when I tried my best to call

When I picked up the phone to dial my hand would stall

If you answered I would not have known what to say

I guess it’s been the best to keep things as they lay

I wonder just what you became

There’s no need to establish blame

I ponder how it was back then

We’ll never know what might have been

We’ll never know what might have been

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Bop ba doo bop ba doo bop ba doo bop ba

We had a squabble a schoolkid squabble

I made her as blue as a girl can be

And the phone she hung up when I rung up

Now I’m as blue as a school boy can be

So I’m going to give her a real treat

Things I know she won’t destroy

One has petals and one is very sweet

A rose and an Almond Joy

(Instrumental)

Bop ba doo bop ba doo bop ba doo bop ba

I made her as blue as a girl can be

So I have got to time this thing just right

Here’s how I plan to bring her back to me

A small present that’s pleasant in her sight

Yes I’m going to give her a real treat

Things I know she won’t destroy

One has petals and one is very sweet

A rose and an Almond Joy

One has petals and one is very sweet

A rose and an Almond Joy

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Broken dream of harmony that I thought was her and me

Now I’m caught in misery that will never let me be

Oh, broken dream of harmony what was I thinking of

This old sinking feeling is not in harmony with love

Broken dream of harmony that I thought was her and me

All it brought was agony of love that was not to be

Oh, broken dream of harmony to what place were you bound

There is no harmony where my poor heart can now be found

(Instrumental)

Broken dream of harmony that I thought was her and me

She is now a memory that only in dreams I see

Oh, broken dream of harmony is there a hope for me

For I cannot cope with a broken dream of harmony

Broken dream of harmony that I thought was her and me

Now I’m caught in misery that will never let me be

Oh, broken dream of harmony what was I thinking of

This old sinking feeling is not in harmony with love

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Well, I just heard a whippoorwill call from the hill

It sounded just like his sad song was sung for me

Maybe he made fun or thought that I was his son

No wonder, I’m sad as a whippoorwill could be

No, I never thought whippoorwills called so early

The golden sun hasn’t crawled up to bring the dawn

And he can’t even see that my eyes are blurry

But I’m just as sad as if a whippoorwill son

(Instrumental)

Father whippoorwill, what sad song will you now do?

We two are so sad that we are birds of one kind

A whippoorwill son, that’s what I am, it is true

Cause this whippoorwill son will never make her mine

No, I never thought whippoorwills called so early

The golden sun hasn’t crawled up to bring the dawn

And he can’t even see that my eyes are blurry

But I’m just as sad as if a whippoorwill son

A whippoorwill son, that’s what I am it is true

Cause this whippoorwill son will never make her mine

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I believed that wealth could buy honor and fame

But on the back page my life was written in vain

Now out of money that I know I threw away

No days are sunny because the skies are all gray

So, here is the message for fools who need advice

Written on the back page of life

Written on the back page of life

(Instrumental)

My only treasure was a sweet kind hearted girl

And she was a pleasure sent to brighten my world

But I was such a fool and did things that would hurt

Loss of wealth and her sweet love was my just desert

So, here is the message for fools who need advice

Written on the back page of life

Written on the back page of life

(Instrumental)

Now I do regret that I have debts due to pay

My wealth and honor are traits that I threw away

Yes, I was such a fool and did things that would hurt

Loss of wealth and her sweet love was my just desert

So, here is the message for fools who need advice

Written on the back page of life

Written on the back page of life

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What’s wrong with your brain Jane, you’ve lost your beau

You broke his love chain Jane, he loved you so

His heart is in pain Jane, now he’s alone

You caused it to rain Jane, now that he’s gone

So stay in your house Jane, that’s built of cards

Sad tears you have roused Jane, without regards

Oh, you’re now to blame Jane, reap what you sow

What’s wrong with you brain Jane, you’ll never know

(Instrumental)

Now you’ve staked your claim Jane, not one of fame

You’re the one to blame Jane, he knows the same

Oh, he was fair game Jane, back where he’s been

What’s wrong with your brain Jane, you’ll never win

So stay in your house Jane, that’s built of cards

Sad tears you have roused Jane, without regards

Oh, you’re now to blame Jane, reap what you sow

What’s wrong with you brain Jane, you’ll never know

What’s wrong with your brain Jane, I loved you so

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I’m a rover who’s been over

Just about everywhere it seems

I have travelled and I’ve dabbled

Trying to unravel my dreams

Some of a man’s dreams should come true

For all the big plans that he’s made

But now I know where they all grew

Back home in the piney woods shade

(Instrumental)

Down to east Texas I must roam

And return to the piney woods shade

In the piney woods is my home

Where the dreams I left never fade

When I return as a poor man

I’ll feel like a king on parade

Among the trees where I began

Living in the piney woods shade

(Instrumental)

My young life was like a song there

Now I know just where I belong

Tall are the trees and sweet the air

In the shade of piney woods home

When I return as a poor man

I’ll feel like a king on parade

Among the trees where I began

Living in the piney woods shade

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You sing a song and I’ll sing along

We’ll be birds of a feather

You sing a song and I’ll sing along

No matter what the weather

Now, you sing tenor and I’ll sing bass

We’ll sing out any old place

Oh, you sing tenor and I’ll sing bass

I’ll sing along at your pace

(Instrumental)

You sing a strain and I’ll sing refrain

Like trains rolling down the track

You sing a strain and I’ll sing refrain

You and I have got the knack

You sing a song and I’ll sing along

We’ll be birds of a feather

You sing a song and I’ll sing along

No matter what the weather

You sing a song and I’ll sing along

Long as you and I are together

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Well, when I was a little Cajun boy

Ridin’ on my Daddy’s knee

Daddy said, Jean my Louisiana joy

You’ll be a Cajun like me

And I recall the wooden pirogue trawl

Fishin’ in the back bayou

Alligator eyes and lightnin’ fireflies

Tryin’ get a bite of you

Born by the back bayou

Born by the back bayou

Born by the back bayou in Louisian’

(Instrumental)

I wish I was back on the back bayou

Married to a Cajun queen

I’m gonna take a train to New Orleans

Gotta make that Cajun scene

Born by the back bayou

Born by the back bayou

Born by the back bayou in Louisian’

(Instrumental)

And I recall the wooden pirogue trawl

Fishin’ in the back bayou

Alligator eyes and lightnin’ fireflies

Tryin’ get a bite of you

Born by the back bayou

Born by the back bayou

Born by the back bayou in Louisian’

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Maybe I could have been more than this ordinary simple man

But my darling I’ve worked hard just to make you understand

That these calloused hands have done extraordinary things for my plan

To ask for your hand by this ordinary simple man

I ask of you with ordinary simple words

For I never knew how to speak with fancy lines

My simple home is not one built as house of lords

Please dear, accept this ordinary simple man

(Instrumental)

I don’t have any gold but true and simple love I can afford

Each day with you will show that I will love you more and more

And you will know this is true from the day my love for you began

So I beg dear, accept this ordinary simple man

I ask of you with ordinary simple words

For I never knew how to speak with fancy lines

My simple home is not one built as house of lords

Please dear, accept this ordinary simple man

Accept this ordinary simple man

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Well, I had a gal in Tennessee

But now she calls me her used to be

We never got wedded

She’s up and gone from me

She rose above her raisin’

Didn’t stay down here with me

Feline to female bobcat

Forgot who she used to be

Yeah, now she thinks she’s somethin’

But that means nothin’ to me

She rose above her raisin’

Way down here in Tennessee

(Instrumental)

Now she holds her nose up to the sky

She won’t have to see me eye to eye

I don’t see what she sees

Bout leavin’ Tennessee

She rose above her raisin’

Didn’t stay down here with me

From poor house to a clubhouse

Forgot who she used to be

Used to be a country gal

Way down here in Tennessee

She rose above her raisin’

Now, just where on earth is she

(Instrumental)

Well, I had a gal in Tennessee

But now she calls me her used to be

We never got wedded

She’s up and gone from me

She rose above her raisin’

Didn’t stay down here with me

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I returned to the neighborhood of my hometown

I was done with my roaming and now looking ‘round

For that onetime darling I hoped that I could find

Pretty girl so sweet, that onetime darling of mine

I know I roamed so long that I felt like exiled

I just followed my heart but it was young and wild

Oh, I thought of her and I missed her all the time

Wondered if she missed me, onetime darling of mine

(Instrumental)

Far and wide I roamed and I longed

Hoping that true love I could find

No one I found in towns I combed

Like that onetime darling of mine

I heard the old chapel bells toll as I passed by

Out strolled a handsome smiling groom and his new bride

My old dreams died at the sight of their arms entwined

Oh, too late I found that onetime darling of mine

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Hide out, hide out Johnny Ringo

And don’t you try and sleep too sound

Sheriff of Cochise comin’ for you

Ain’t gonna know when he’s around

Dig a hole, dig a hole in Arizona

Dig a hole in the west Turkey Creek cold ground

Dig a hole, dig a hole for him tomorrow

Cause they’re gonna lay young Johnny Ringo down

(Instrumental)

First time I saw Johnny Ringo

He was walking in the saloon

Cowboys knew that outlaw gringo

And they all moved to give him room

Dig a hole, dig a hole in Arizona

Dig a hole in the west Turkey Creek cold ground

Dig a hole, dig a hole for him tomorrow

Cause they’re gonna lay young Johnny Ringo down

(Instrumental)

Next time I saw Johnny Ringo

Was in the Mason County war

Notch 44 fed his ego

And that gun would have many more

Dig a hole, dig a hole in Arizona

Dig a hole in the west Turkey Creek cold ground

Dig a hole, dig a hole for him tomorrow

Cause they’re gonna lay young Johnny Ringo down

(Instrumental)

Last time I saw Johnny Ringo

He had a new hole in his head

Next to a tree lay young Johnny

Johnny Ringo was laid down dead

Dig a hole, dig a hole in Arizona

Dig a hole in the west Turkey Creek cold ground

Dig a hole, dig a hole for him tomorrow

Cause they’re gonna lay young Johnny Ringo down

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