Lyr. Add: The Cowboy's Song
Anon.

First Cowboy.
I'm the howler from the prairies of the west;
If you want to die with terror, look at me;
I'm chained lightning, if I ain't may I be blest;
I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie.

Chorus.
He's a killer and a hater;
He's the great annihilator;
He's the terror of the boundless Prairie.

Second Cowboy.
I'm the snoozer from the upper trail;
I'm the reveler in murder and in gore;
I can bust more Pullman coaches on the rail
Than anyone who's worked the job before.

Chorus: He's a snorter and a snoozer;
He's the great *truck line abuser;
He's the man that put the sleeper on the rail.

Third Cowboy.
I'm the double-jawed hyena from the east;
I'm the blazing, bloody blizzard of the States;
I'm the celebrated slugger, I'm the beast;
I can snatch a man bald-headed while he waits.

Chorus.
He's the double-jawed hyena;
He's the villain of the scena;
He can snatch a man bald-headed while he waits.

*trunk line?

Bodleian Collection, Ballads Catalogue, Harding B 20(164), West, Printer, Brighton. 19th C. song sheet.