Tonart: F major•
Verse 1
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C
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A group of jolly cowboys,
Bb
discussing plans at ease.
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There's a one I'll tell you something boys,
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if you will listen please.
I am an old cow puncher,
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and here I'm dressed in rags.
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But I used to be a tough one,
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and I went on great big jags
But I've got a home, boys,
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a good one you all know
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Although I have not seen it since long,
I'm a -goin' back to
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Dixie once more to see them all
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I'm a -goin' to see my mother when
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the work's all done this fall
That very night this cowboy
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went out to stand his guard.
C
The night was dark and cloudy and
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the storming very hard.
The cattle they got frightened and
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rushed in wild stampede.
C
The cowboy tried to hit them
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a -riding at full speed.
While a -riding in the darkness
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so loudly did he shout.
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Tryin' his best to hit him
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and turn the herd about
His saddle the horse did stumble
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The boy won't see his mother when
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C
the work's all done this fall
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His body was so mangled,
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the boys all thought him dead
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They picked him up so gently
He opened wide his blue eyes
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and a -lookin' all around
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He motioned to his comrades to
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sit with him on the ground
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C
Boys, send mother my wages, the wages I have earned I am afraid,
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boys, my life's dear I have turned
I'm a -goin' to a new range,
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a -hear my master's call
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I'll not see my mother when
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C
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the work's all done this fall
Bill, you take my saddle
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C
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George, you can have my bed
And
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C
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Joe, you can take my pistol after I'm dead,
and boys, think of me, think of me kindly
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when you look up upon them all.
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For I'll not see my mother when
the work's all
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Poor
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Charlie was buried at sunrise,
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no tombstone at his head.
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C
Nothing but a little bored,
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and this is what it said
Charlie died at daybreak,
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he died from a fall
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The boy won't see his mother
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When the work's all done this fall.
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