Allegro
I am a jol-ly cow-boy, From Tex-as now I hail, Give me my "quirt" and po-ny, I'm read-y for the "trail;" I love the roll-ing prairie, We're free from care and strife, Be-hind a herd of "long-horns" I'll journey all my life.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads · John A. Lomax (collector)
Allegro
I am a jol-ly cow-boy, From Tex-as now I hail, Give me my "quirt" and po-ny, I'm read-y for the "trail;" I love the roll-ing prairie, We're free from care and strife, Be-hind a herd of "long-horns" I'll journey all my life.