The Cowboy Song Lyrics

 (Roy Robinson) 

 Pushin horns weren't easy like the movie said it was 
 And I don't recall no dance hall girls 
 Or hotel rooms with rugs 
 You worked hot and tired and nasty 
 Rode your pony's head too low 
 There were all the nights you couldn't sleep 
 'Cause it was too damn cold 
 And you'd sing "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe" 

 Like the time we hit the river 
 And the rains began to fall 
 And the water was risin' so damn fast 
 We thought it'd drown us all 
 We lost a lot of steers that day 
 And four to five good mounts 
 But when all the boys rode into camp 
 We knew that's what counts 
 And we sang, yippie ti yi yay and "Amazing Grace" 

 Or the night they broke behind us 
 And then took us by surprise 
 I whistled out to Bonner, I seen the terror in his
eyes 
 And he rode for all his horse would ride 
 And I know he done his best 
 But he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his death 
 And we sang "Bringing in the Sheaves" and "The Rugged
Cross" 
 So when you see the cowboy, he's not ragged by his
choice 
 He never meant to bow them legs 
 Or put that gravel in his voice 
 He's just chasin' what he really loves 
 And what's burnin' in his soul 
 Wishin' to God that he'd benn born a hundred years
ago 
 Still singin' "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"