Wanderin Cowboy

Intro 
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I am a wanderin' cowboy, 
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from ranch to ranch I roam 
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At every ranch we're welcome 
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I make myself at home 
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Two years I worked for the double L, 
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one for the Old Bar-o 
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I've drifted west from Texas 
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to the plains of Mexico 
 

 
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There I met up with a rancher 
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who was looking for a hand 
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Springtime greened the valleys 
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I was burnin' the long inch brand 
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I worked on through the summer 
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then early in the fall 
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Over the distant ranges came 
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that old familiar call 
 

 
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Drifted out to Arizona 
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to ride for uncle Bob 
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A-tailin' up the weak ones on a 
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winter season's job 
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But the ranch camp grew too lonely 
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with never a rest or change 
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So I saddled up one morning and 
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I lipped for a distant range 
 

 
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One night in old Wyoming 
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when the stars hung bright and low 
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I lay in my tarp a-dreamin' 
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of a far off home run show 
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Where the cottonwood leaves are whistling 
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in the evening soft and low 
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'Tis there my hearts returning 
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and homeward I must go 
 

Outro 
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