LONE STAR TRAIL
Oh, I'm a lonely cowboy and I'm off the Texas trail,
My trade is cinchin' saddles and pullin' bridle reins.
For I can twist a lasso with the greatest skill and ease,
Or rope and ride a bronco most anywhere I please.
Oh, I love the rollin' prairie that's far from trail and strife,
Behind a bunch of longhorns I'll journey all my life.
But if I had a stake, boys, soon married I would be,
To the sweetest girl in this wide world, just fell in love with me.
Oh when we get off the trail, boys, the dusty billows ride,
It's fifty miles from water and the grass is scorching dry;
Oh, boss is mad and ringy, you all can plainly see,
I'll have to pull out the longhorns, I'm a cowboy here to be.
Bur when it comes a rain, boys, one of the gentle kind,
When the lakes are full of water and the grass is waving fine,
Oh, the boss'll shed his frown, boys, and a pleasant smile you'll see,
I'll have to pull out the longhorns, I'm a cowboy here to be.
Oh, when we get them bedded we sink down for the night,
Some horse'll shake his saddle, it'll give the herd a fright,
They'll bound to their feet, boys, and madly stampede away,
In one moments time, boys, you can hear a cowboy say.
Oh, when we get 'em bedded we feel most inclined,
When a cloud'll rise in the west, boys, and the fire play on their horns.
Oh, the old boss rides around them, your pay is set in gold,
So I'll have to pull out longhorns until I am too old.
