Cowboy Lyrics - online book

A Large Collection of Traditional Cowboy lyrics & songs.

By ROBERT V. CARR 1908

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This book provides a nostalgic look at the old west through traditional western lyrics.

To you, old pard, a hearty "How." Thou knowest I have not forgotten. Thou knowest that some day I will be with you, and, as of yore, we will ride through the rain of a summer's day, or, in the keen October, feel the wind of the western mountains in our faces. Perhaps, it will be a strange range, and we will have to cross the Great Divide before we reach the "Home Ranch," but believe me, boy, I'll be there—I'll be there. And, when we meet, you will say unto me, quaintly and with the light of a great happiness in your face: "You miser­able son-of-a-gun, I'm tickled to death to see you." After which you will strike me rudely on the shoulder and call me many strange names. Then your bed will be my bed, your chuck my chuck and your tobacco my tobacco. R. V. C.

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Cowboy Lyrics - online book, title index.
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Page - 0004
Page - 0005
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Page - 0007
Page - 0008
Dedication - 0009
The End of the Trail. - 0011
Page - 0012
Page - 0013
The Old Cowboy's Lament - 0015
The Irrigator - 0016
The Smell of the Sage Brush in the Mornin' - 0017
Page - 0018
Father and Son. - 0019
Page - 0020
Waterloo of Poker Bills - 0021
Page - 0022
Page - 0023
When Dutchy Plays the Mouth Harp - 0024
Page - 0025
The Bronco Buster - 0026
A Cowboy in the City - 0027
Roobiyat of Pigin-toed Pete. - 0028
Doc Pierce's Choice - 0029
Page - 0030
Page - 0031
Page - 0032
An Oracle of the Plains, The Widow's Lot - 0033
Page - 0034
The Chuck Wagon - 0035
Branding Pen Gossip - 0036
In the Gumbo - 0037
Hank Laimer's Kid. - 0038
Animal Rhymes - 0039
Page - 0040
The Man of the Ranch. - 0041
Page - 0042
Tamed - 0043
Springtime on the Range - 0044
Down at Haller's Dancin' - 0045
Page - 0046
A Moral-less Tale - 0047
Kick of the Ranch Hand, - 0048
Page - 0049
A Fragment - 0050
Baldy Joe's Simple Rhyme - 0051
Page - 0052
A Coarse Lack of Appreciation - 0053
Cowboy's Salvation Song - 0054
Page - 0055
The Boys are Comin' to Town - 0056
A Sunshine Song - 0057
The Would-be Cowpuncher - 0058
Jim Davis and the Bicycle Man - 0059
Jed Williams - 0060
Page - 0061
The Nifty Cowpuncher - 0062
Page - 0063
The Cowboy and the Stork - 0064
Ranch Lullaby - 0065
A Tribute to the Doctor - 0066
To a Cowboy Poet - 0067
Post Mortum Politeness - 0068
Jawin' Jane - 0069
A Cowboy on Religion - 0070
Page - 0071
The Paper Man - 0072
Page - 0073
Lem Scobey's Opinion. - 0074
Page - 0075
Page - 0076
Ballade of Miss Susan O'Toole - 0077
Page - 0078
Advice from the Range - 0079
Page - 0080
When it's Gettin' Plantin' Time, - 0081
Spring - 0082
Let's Quit Quarrelin' fer Awhile. - 0083
When a Man has Money - 0084
A Cowboy Fatalist - 0085
The Old Cowman - 0086
Holoway - 0087
Page - 0088
A Little Ax to Grind - 0089
Page - 0090
A Word from Shorty - 0091
Dance, You Punchers, Dance - 0092
Page - 0093
Doc Pierce's Way - 0094
Page - 0095
Page - 0096
A Light Joke - 0097
The Old Cowboy's Complaint - 0098
Page - 0099
Page - 0101
That There Girl - 0103
Speakin' of Her Eyes - 0104
Them Heap Big Thoughts - 0105
That Scrub - 0106
She Writes a Note. - 0107
Her Hands - 0108
Confidential - 0109
To Dance with Her - 0110
Speakin' of Arms - 0111
The Tryst - 0112
Page - 0113
Jes' A-foolin' - 0114
Real Affection - 0115
A Cowboy's Resolution.. - 0116
Bashfulness - 0117
Trail Song - 0118
An' a Two-step's What They Play - 0119
Partiality - 0120
Page - 0121
Page - 0122
An Ode to the Slow Horse. - 0123
Page - 0124
True Love - 0125
Page - 0126
Time's Heavy Hand - 0127
Page - 0128
Plato Disputed - 0129
When She Goes to Get the Mail - 0130
A Romance of the Range - 0131
The Princess of Desire - 0132
Page - 0133
Page - 0134
Page - 0135
Page - 0136
Page - 0137
Page - 0138
Page - 0139
The Man You Couldn't Get - 0140
Page - 0141
Page - 0142
Sary, A Lothario of the Range - 0143
Page - 0144
Boy, Will You Care? - 0145
Page - 0147
Page - 0149
Green Prairies - 0151
The Ranch House - 0152
The Spring Roundup - 0153
The Camp's Asleep - 0154
Twilight on the Range. - 0155
The Crocus - 0156
Tiger Lilies - 0157
Sage Brush - 0158
The Bad Lands - 0159
The Rattlesnake - 0160
The Buttes - 0161
Page - 0162
Prairie Wolves, The Winds of the West - 0163
Page - 0165
Page - 0167
Onjinjintka - 0169
Page - 0170
Page - 0171
The Gun Fight - 0172
Page - 0173
Love and Death - 0174
The Western Trail - 0175
To a Buffalo Skull - 0176
At the Grave of a Border Cavalier - 0177
The Doom of the Weak - 0178
The Night Stampede - 0179
Page - 0180
In Passing - 0181
Dear Little Fire - 0182