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When I Was a Cowboy

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When I was a cowboy out on the western plains,

When I was a cowboy out on the western plains,
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Well, I made about half a million, just pulled on the bridle reins.
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Come a caw caw yippee come a caw caw yippee yippee yay.

Oh, the hottest battle was fought on the western plains,
Oh, the hottest battle was fought on the western plains,
When me and a bunch of cowboys run into Jesse James.
Come a caw caw yippee come a caw caw yippee yippee yay.

Oh, the hardest battle was fought on Bunker's Hill,
Oh, the hardest battle was fought on Bunker's Hill,
When me and a bunch of cowboys run into Buffalo Bill.
Come a caw caw yippee come a caw caw yippee yippee yay.

If your house gets fire, and there ain't no water 'round,
If your house gets fire, and there ain't no water 'round,
Throw your jelly roll out the window, let the dead burnt shack burn down.
Come a caw caw yippee come a caw caw yippee yippee yay.

Come on, all you cowboys, and don't you wanna go.
Come on, all you cowboys, and don't you wanna go.
How to meet with the lone a-ranger, on the range o' the Buffalo.
Come a caw caw yippee come a caw caw yippee yippee yay.
Come a caw caw yippee come a caw caw yippee yippee yay.
Come a caw caw yippee come a caw caw yippee yippee yay, yay, yay yay.

(Words and music by Leadbelly, 1935)

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