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Thread #3444   Message #1999772
Posted By: GUEST,Jason Luna
17-Mar-07 - 07:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: When I Was a Cowboy (Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When I Was a Cowboy (Leadbelly)
Here is the actual lyrics------

When I was a cowboy, out on de Western Plain,
When I was a cowboy, out on de Western Plain,
I made a half a million pullin' on de bridle reins.

Coma-cow-cow, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.
Coma-cow-cow, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.

Oh, de hardes' battle was there ever on a western plain,
Oh, de hardes' battle was there ever on a western plain,
When me an' a bunch of cowboys run into Jessee James.

Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.
Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.

When me an' a bunch o' cowboys run into Jesse James
When me an' a bunch o' cowboys run into Jesse James
De bullets was a-fallin' jes' like a shower'n rain.

Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.
Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.

Oh, de hardes' battle was there ever on Bunkers Hill,
Oh, de hardes' battle was there ever on Bunkers Hill,
When me an' a bunch o' cowboys run into Buffalo Bill.

Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.
Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.

De boys had it all in for a man on the outskirts of town, and there had made the horses drunk, they had made those 45's drunk, and the boys was already in there got drunk, and all around that mans house, them horses was a walking, and them 45's was a talking, and it sounded best be god to that man, and here what de said:

Your house catched a fire, and there aint no water round.
If your house catches a fire, and there aint no water round

throw your jelly out the window, let the dog gone shack burn down

Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.
Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.

Come all you cowboys dont you wanna go
Come all you cowboys dont you wanna go
ta meet the lone rangers on ranging buffalo.

Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.
Coma-cow-cow yicky, coma-cow-cow, yicky-yicky-yea.