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SONGS OF THE COWBOYS
When the stranger had dismounted once more upon the ground,
We knew he was a thoroughbred and not a gent from town;
We knew he was a thoroughbred and not a gent from town;
The boss, who was standing round watching of the show,
Walked right up to the stranger and told him he need n't go, —
“If you can use the lasso like you rode old Zebra Dun,
You are the man I've been looking for ever since the year one.”
Walked right up to the stranger and told him he need n't go, —
“If you can use the lasso like you rode old Zebra Dun,
You are the man I've been looking for ever since the year one.”
Oh, he could twirl the lariat, and he didn't do it slow;
He could catch them fore feet nine out of ten for any kind of dough.
There's one thing and a shore thing I've learned since I've been born,
That every educated feller ain't a plumb greenhorn.
He could catch them fore feet nine out of ten for any kind of dough.
There's one thing and a shore thing I've learned since I've been born,
That every educated feller ain't a plumb greenhorn.
