Songs Of the Cattle Trail & Cow Camp

Complete Text & Lyrics by John A Lomax

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Ridin' Up the Rocky Trail from Town
Since old Jacob skinned his dad-in-law of six years'
crop of calves
And then hit the trail for Canaan in the night,
There has been a taste for battle 'mong the men
that follow cattle
And a love of doin' things that's wild and strange,
And the warmth of Laban's words when he missed
his speckled herds
Still is useful in the language of the range.
Sing }er out, my bold coyotes! leather fists and
leather throats,
For we wear the brand of Ishm'el like a crown.
We're the sons o} desolation, we're the outlaws of
creation
Ee-Yow! chridiri up the rocky trail from town!
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