Yes, what a great tune! Leadbelly was the best!

Here's with some additional verses - not all sung in all the
different versions I've heard, but these are all used...
Also the title differs on diverse versions...


Western Plain


When I was a cowboy, out on the western plains, (x2)
I made a half a million, pullin' on the bridle reins.

Cho x2:
Come-a-cow-cow-yicky, come-a-cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea.

I rode up to my girls house, she was rocking in a rocking chair, (x2)
Ohh, you western cowboy, don't you leave me here.
(Cho)

O the hardest battle was ever on the western plains, (x2)
When me an' a bunch of cowboys run into Jesse James.
(Cho)

When me an' a bunch of cowboys run into Jesse James, (x2)
Ohh, the bullets was a-fallin', just like a show'r of rain.
(Cho)

O the hardest battle was ever on Bunker Hill, (x2)
When me an' a bunch of cowboys run into Buffalo Bill.
(Cho)

..here comes a little storytelling that leads to the next verse...

When your house catches a-fire and there ain't no water roun', (x2)
Throw your jelly') out the window, let the doggone shack burn down.
(Cho)

Come all you cowboys, don't you wanna go, (x2)
Come meet the lone Ranger, on the range of Buffalo.
(Cho)


')"jelly" was Negro slang for body.


Happy singin'!
Cherome