Lyrics Cowboy Song - Odetta Hartman

When I was a cowboy, out on the western plains, (2)
Me an' a bunch a cowboys, ran into Jesse James.
Come-a-cow-cow-yippy, -a-cow-cow-yippy-yippy-yea.
When I was a cowboy, out on the western plains, (2)
I made a half a million, put it all on the driving range.
Come-a-cow-cow-yippy, -a-cow-cow-yippy-yippy-yea.

O the hardest battle, was ever on the western plains, (2)
Bullets was a fallin', just like showering of rain.
Come-a-cow-cow-yippy, -a-cow-cow-yippy-yippy-yea.

O the hardest battle was ever on Bunker Hill, (2)
When me an' a bunch of cowboys run into ole Buffalo Bill.
Come-a-cow-cow-yippy, -a-cow-cow-yippy-yippy-yea.

If your house catch a-fire, and they ain't no water roun' (2)
Throw your jelly out the window, let the doggone shack burn down.
Come-a-cow-cow-yippy, -a-cow-cow-yippy-yippy-yea.
Come all you cowboys, Now don't you want to go (2)
Come meet me at the longhouse, On the range of the buffalo.
Come-a-cow-cow-yippy, -a-cow-cow-yippy-yippy-yea.