Songs Of the Cattle Trail & Cow Camp

Complete Text & Lyrics by John A Lomax

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OUR LITTLE COWGIRL
T HAR she goes a-lopin', stranger,
Khaki-gowned, with flyin' hair,
Talk about your classy ridin\—
Wal, you're gettin' it right thar.
Jest a kid, but lemme tell you
When she warms a saddle seat
On that outlaw bronc a-straddle
She is one that can't be beat!
Every buckaroo that sees her
Tearin' cross the range astride
Has some mighty jealous feelin's
Wishin' he knowed how to ride.
Why, she'll take a deep barranca
Six-foot wide and never peep;
That 'ere cayuse she's a-forkin'
Sure 's somethin1 on the leap.
Ride? Why, she can cut a critter
From the herd as neat as pie,
Read a brand out on the ranges
Just as well as you or I.
Ain't much yet with the riata,
But you give her a few years
And no puncher with the outfit
Will beat her a-ropin' steers.
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