Текст песни The Farmer and the Cowman - 1998 Royal National Theatre Cast

The farmer and the cowman should be friends
Oh the farmer and the cowman should be friends
One man likes to push a plow
The other likes to chase a cow
But that's no reason why they can't be friends
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the rancher's gals
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the rancher's gals!
I'd like to say a word for the farmer
(Well, say it!)
He come out west and made a lot of changes
He come out west and built a lot of fences
And built 'em right across our cattle ranges!
Why don't you dirt strangers go back to Missouri Where you belong?
We got just as much right here!
Gentlemen, shut up!
The farmer a good and thrifty citizen
No matter what the cowman says or thinks
You seldom see him drinking in a bar room
Unless somebody else is buying drinks!
Oh the farmer and the cowman should be friends
Oh the farmer and the cowman should be friends
The cowman ropes a cow with ease
The farmer steals her butter and cheese
But that's no reason why they can't be friends
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the rancher's gals!
I'd like to say a word for the cowboy
(You would!)
The road he treads is difficult and stony
He rides for days on end with just a pony for a friend
I sure am feeling sorry for the pony!
The farmer should be sociable with the cowboy
If he rides by and asks fer food and water
Don't treat 'I'm like a louse
Make him welcome in your house
But be sure that you've locked up your wife and daughters!
Ain't nobody gonna slug anything! This here's a party!
Sing it, Andrew.
Dum-ditty-dum-dum
Oh the farmer and the cowman should be friends
Oh the farmer and the cowman should be friends
One man likes to push a plow
The other likes to chase a cow
But that's no reason why they can't be friends
And when this territory is a state
An' joins the Union just like all the others
The farmer, the cowman, and the merchant
Must all behave theirselves and act like brothers
I'd like to teach you all a little saying
And learn the words by heart the way you should
I don't say I'm no better than anybody else
But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good!
I don't say I'm better than anybody else
But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good!
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the rancher's gals!
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with the farmers daughters
Farmers dance with the ranchers gals!