lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

STREETS OF LAREDO

(Traditional)
« © '56 Ludlow Music, BMI »
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linen
Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the clay

I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy
These words he did say as I boldly stepped by
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
I was shot in the breast and I know I must die

Oh beat the drum slowly and play the pipe lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley there lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy I know I've done wrong

Oh fetch me a cup a cup of cold water
To cool my hot lips the poor cowboy said
Before I returned the spirit had left him
And gone to its Maker the cowboy was dead

We beat the drum slowly and play the pipe lowly
And bitterly wept as we bore him along
For we all loved our comrade so brave young and handsome
Well all loved our comrade although he done wrong
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2.

COOL WATER

(Bob Nolan)
« © '36 Music Of The West, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
All day I've faced a barren waste
Without the taste of water cool water
Old Dan and I with throats burt dry
And souls that cry for water cool clear water

Keep a movin' Dan don't you listen to him Dan
He's a devil not a man and he spreads the burning sand with water
Dan can you see that big green tree
Where the water's running free and it's waitin' there for me and you

The nights are cool and I'm a fool
Each star's a pool of water cool water
But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn
And carry on to water cool water

Keep a movin' Dan...

Dan's feet are sore he's yearning for
Just one thing more than water cool water
Like me I guess he'd like to rest
Where there's no quest for water cool clear water

Keep a movin' Dan...
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3.

CATTLE CALL

(Tex Owens)
« © '43 Forster Music, ASCAP »
(moan)
The cattle are prowlin' the coyotes are howlin'
Out with the doggies bawl
Where spurs are jinglin' a cowboy is singin'
This lonesome cattle call
(moan)

He rides in the sun till his day's work is done
And he rounds up the cattle each fall
(moan)
Singin' this cattle call

For hours he will ride on the range far and wide
When the night wind blows up a squall
His heart is a feather in all kinds of weather
Ge sings his cattle call
(moan)

He's brown as a berry from ridin' the prairie
And he sings with an old western drawl
(moan)
Singin' this cattle call
(moan)
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4.

LEANIN' ON THE OLD TOP RAIL

(Nick Kenny - Charles Kenny)
« © '62 Feist Catalog, ASCAP »
Leaning on the old top rail in a big corral
Looking down the twilight trail for my long lost pal
How he sang when he sprang on his old mustang and rode away
Down the track by my shack he said I'll be back another day
Oh the moon is shining pale on a lonesome gal
Leaning on the old top rail in a big corral

Leaning on the old top rail...
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5.

OLD FAITHFUL (HORSE'S PRAYER)

(Michael Carr - Jimmy Kennedy)
« © '46 Shapiro-Bernestein Co, ASCAP »
Old faithful we rode the range together
Old faithful in every kind of weather
When your roundup days are over
There'll be pastures white with clover
For you old faithful pal of mine

Hurry up old fellow cause the moon is yellow tonight
Hurry up old fellow cause the moon is mellow and bright
There's a coyote howlin' to the moon above
So carry me back to the one I love
Hurry up old fellow cause we gotta get home tonight

Old faithful we rode the range together...
For you old faithful pal of mine
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6.

COWBOY'S DREAM

(Traditional)
« © '49 Writers Share, PD »
Last night as I laid on the prairie and looked at the stars in the sky
I wondered if ever a cowboy would drift to that sweet by and by

Roll along roll along roll on little doggies roll on roll on
Roll along roll along roll on little doggies roll on roll on

The road to that bright happy region is a dim narrow trail so they say
But the broad one that leads to prediction is posted and blazed all the way

They say there will be a great roundup and cowboys like doggies will stand
To be marched by the riders of judgement who are posted and know every brand

Roll along roll along...

They say he will never forget you that he knows every action and look
So for safety you'd better get branded have your name in the great Tally Book

Roll along roll along...
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7.

WAYWARD WIND

(Herb Newman - Stan Lebowski)
« © '55 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Oh the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wonder
And I was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind

In a lonely shack by a railroad track
I spent my younger days
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made me a slave to my wandering ways

And the wayward wind...

Oh I met a girl in a border town
I vowed we'd never part
Though I tried my best to settle down
She's now alone with a broken heart

And the wayward wind...
The next of kin to the wayward wind
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8.

TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS

(Bob Nolan)
« © '34 Music Of The West, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
See them tumbling down pledgin' their love to the ground
Lonely but free I'll be found
Driftin' along with a tumbling tumbleweed
Cares of the past are behind nowhere to go but I'll find
Just where the trail will wind
Drifitn' along with a tumbling tumbleweed

I know when night has gone that a new world's born at dawn
I'll keep rollin' along deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong
Driftin' along with a tumbling tumbleweed

I'm a roaming cowboy ridin' all day long
Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song
Nights underneath the prairie moon
I'll ride along and sing a tune

I'll keep rollin' along ...
Driftin' along with a tumbling tumbleweed
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9.

COWPOKE

(Stan Jones)
« © '58 Edwin H. Morris Co, ASCAP »
(moan)
I'm lonesome but happy rich but I'm broke
And the good Lord knows the reason I'm just a cowpoke
From Cheyenne to Douglas all the ranges I know
Cause I drift with the wind no one cares where I go
(moan)

I ain't got a dime in these old worn out jeans
So I'll stop eatin' steak and go back to beans
I'll pick up a ten spot and press God I know
Well I'm ridin' the broncs in the big rodeo
(moan)

Some evening in springtime a felly I'll find
And we might spend all the summer with her on my mind
But I'll never be branded and never be broke
I'm a carefree range ridin' driftin' cowpoke
(moan)
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10.

WHERE THE MOUNTAINS MEET THE SKY

(Aston Williams - Sammy Kaye)
« © '62 Embassy Music, BMI »
I'm gonna ride ride ride ride down that dusty trail
To the land of sweet enchantment where hardship don't prevail

I'm headin' for the blue horizon where the mountains meet the sky
Gonna saddle up my faithful pinto and wave the boys goodbye
I'll say so long to mom and dad and tell sister not to cry
Cause I'm headin' for the blur horizon where the mountains meet the sky

I'm gonna ride ride ride ride down that dusty trail
To the land of sweet enchantment where hardship don't prevail
When my roundup days are over and I'll say my last goodbye
I'll be up in the blue horizon where the mountains meet the sky
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11.

SIERRA SUE

(Joseph B. Carey)
« © '49 Shapiro-Bernestein Co, ASCAP »
Sierra Sue I'm sad and lonely the rocks and rills are lonely too
Sierra Sue I want you only no one but you Sierra Sue
The roses weep their tears are falling the gentle doves no longer coo
Oh can't you hear my sad heart calling calling for you Sierra Sue
[ ac.guitar ] Sierra Sue I want you only...
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12.

CARRY ME BACK TO THE LONE PRAIRIE

(Carson J. Robison)
« © '33 MCA Music, ASCAP »
Oh carry me back to the lone prairie
Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free
And when I die you can bury me
Neath the western skies on the lone prairie

I'm a roving cowboy far away from home
Far from the prairie where I used to roam
Where the doggies wander and the wind blows free
Thought my heart is yonder on the lone prairie

Oh carry me back to the lone prairie...
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13.

JIM I WORE A TIE TODAY

(Cindy Walker)
« © '62 Oree Music, BMI »
Jim I did everything that I could but your fever just wouldn't die down
So I tied your horse to the wagon bed and last night I brought you to town
But when I got there you were gone Jim and there was nothing nobody could do
I bought you a suit and a tie Jim and today I wore one too

Jim I wore a tie today the first one that I ever wore
And you'd have said I looked like a dummy out of a dry goods store
Jim they said a lot of things but I don't know a thing they said
My mind kept wandering off down the trail back to the times that we've had

(Wind her through sun and the rain) and for gold on the cuff
We've done everything in the book I guess
And a lot they'd never thought up
Well Jim you're ridin' on ahead I guess that's how it has to be
But when you reach those streets paved with gold Jim stake a claim out for me
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