I had a thread a few weeks back looking for the same lyrics but I had no answers whatsoever. I'm putting together a tape that I will call "Songs My Father Used to Sing" as a Father's Day present.

I have an old recording of Dad singing it on one of those old record-making machines. He recorded it in the late forties and it is now mostly static. I'll give you what I can make out. Maybe it will stir someone else's memory.

Take me back to Colorada,
She's a-beatin' ol' Nevada,
And I'm longin' for them foothills every day.
???? ????? ?????? in the evenin',
And the ol' gray wolf's a-screamin'
Take me back to Colorada for to stay.

For to stay, for to stay,
Colorado ???? ???? bustin' right away.
????? ????? ????? ????? rattle.
????? ????? ????? ????? cattle.
Take me back to Colorada for to stay.

When ???? ???? gets to howlin'
And the ol' coyote's a-callin'
???? ???? ???? ???? mighty far.
My old dog will be a-growlin',
And you won't catch me a-scowlin',
'Cause we both will know exactly where we are.

Where we are, where we are,
You can bet your boots we're knowin' where we are.
My old dog will be a-scratchin' fleas,
I'll be totin' ???? ????,
???? ???? log cabin by the fire.

There is another verse and chorus that I can't make out at all. Can your memory or your father's add anything to this Katlaughing.

The tune is the same as to "We've Got Franklin D. Roosevelt Back Again" I don't know which song came first or if perhaps another one preceded them both.

I would appreciate any piece, however small, that anyone could add to the lyrics that I could make out. Thanks.

John