COWBOY SONG

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Song Title
COWBOY SONG
Writers
Weill, Green
Publisher
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
50%
Territory Controlled
US
Themes/Keywords
Cowboys, Foolish, Horse, Marriage, Nature, Ride, saddle, Sun, Wife, Wind
Lyrics
Oh, wasn’t that a foolish thing
For a man and his horse to part,
And a riding fellow to clip his wing
Just because he’d lost his heart?
But the purtiest gal I ever did see
She promised to be my wife,
But she swore before she’d marry me,
I must quit the cowboy’s life.

CHORUS
Oh the Rio Grande,
Where the wind blows free,
And the sun shines so clear and bright,
Where the trail is long o’er the wide prairie,
And the cowboy travels light.
Well it’s saddle and boots, in sun and rain,
And away and watch us ride
Up along the canyon and over the plains,
Myself and my horse are one and the same,
And one shadow runs beside.
Oh life was dull but it happened so,
A rodeo came one day.
I took my gal to see the show,
There stood my little bay.
I jumped in the saddle and grabbed the horn,
And I yelled to all around,
I’m the best damn cowpuncher ever was born,
And for Texas I am bound.

2nd CHORUS
Oh the Rio Grande,
Where the wind blows free,
And the sun shines so clear and bright,
Where the trail is long o’er the wide prairie,
And the cowboy travels light.
Well it’s saddle and boots, in sun and rain,
And away and watch us ride
Up into the canyon and over the plains,
Myself and my horse are one and the same,
And my gal rides at my side.

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