Songs Of the Cattle Trail & Cow Camp

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SNAGTOOTH SAL
I WAS young and happy and my heart was light
and gay,
Singing always singin' through the sunny summer
day;
Happy as a lizard in the wavin' chaparral,
Walkin' down through Laramie with Snagtooth Sal.
Sal, Sal,
My heart is broke today —
Broke in two forever when they laid you in the
clay;
I would give creation to be walkin' with my
gal —
Walkin' down through Laramie with Snag-
tooth Sal.
Bury me tomorrow where the lily blossoms spring
Underneath the willows where the little robins sing.
You will yearn to see me — but ah, nevermore you
shall —
Walkin' down through Laramie with Snagtooth Sal.
Refrain: —
Plant a little stone above the little mound of sod;
Write: "Here lies a lovin' an' a busted heart,
begod!
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