Cowboy Christmas

	  		

Intro: 
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Verse 1:

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Away in a manger that's the song that he hums 
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Pitchin' hay for the cattle and he's got horses to run 
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The snow on the pines is like tinsel that shines 
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There's work to be done, but he doesn't mind 


 

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His Christmas lights are stars in a Montna sky 
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His Christmas cookies are ham biscuits he fried 
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No stockings by his fire, just his ole cattle dog Gus 
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A glass raised to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas 



 
Verse 2:
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A strong cup of coffee, beans and corn bread 
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No visions of sugarplums dance in his head 
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Just dreams of an old love they twirl and they spin 
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What he wouldn't give if he could hold her again 


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Barbed wire wrapped fencepost like garland on trees 
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No mistletoe, no sweetheart, no presents he'll see 
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Just the warmth of a fire and his ole cattle dog Gus 
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A glass raised to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas 



Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
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The doggies are sleeping, the wind's whining low 
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It's time to bed down but in the firelight's glow 
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He opens his Bible the one his mama gave 
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Reads the story of Jesus born on Christmas day 



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His Christmas lights are stars in a Montana sky 
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His Christmas cookies are ham biscuits he fried 
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No stockings by his fire, just his ole cattle dog Gus 
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A glass raised to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas 

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He'll tip his hat to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas 



Instrumental OUTRO: 
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