The Cowboy's Song lyrics

Pushin' horns weren't easy like the movie says it was

And I don't remember dance hall girls or hotel rooms with rugs

You worked hot and tired and nasty,

Rode your pony's head too low

And all them nights you couldn't sleep

'Ccause it was too damn cold

And we'd sing "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"

Like the time we hit the river

And the rains begun to fall

And the water was risin' so damn fast,

Thought it'd drown us all

Now we lost a lot of steers that day

And four to five good mounts

But when all the boys rode into camp we knew that's what counts

And we'd sang, yippie ti yi yay and "Amazing Grace"

Or the night they broke behind us and then took us by surprise

I whistled out to Bonner, I saw the terror in his eyes

And he rode for all his horse would ride, I know he done his best

But he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his death

And we sang "Bringing in the Sheaves" and "The Rugged Cross"

When you see the cowboy, he's not ragged by his choice

And he never meant to bow them legs or put that gravel in his voice

Just chasin' what he really loves, what's burnin' in his soul

Wishin' to Hell that he'd been born a hundred years ago

Still singin' "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"

Still singin' "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"

• Artist:Don Edwards
• Album:Songs of the Trail (1992)