Good songs but too hard for them to learn on the spot and pick up in 2 minutes. I wanted a song that was easy to join in and would give them a breather from the energetic dancing without giving them a chance to get out of hand (without being too babyish).

So in the end, we sat round an imaginary campfire, and one of the cowboys told a story about a friend (just in case boas and cowboys didn't happen in the same place) - we sang "(I'm Being Swallowed by a) Boa Constrictor".

And while they were eating, I wrote (with help from the musician) one to the tune of Keep That Wheel A-Turning / Johny's lost his marble / In and Out the Windows (just the chorus not the verse)

Riding on the Prairie (x3)
Miles to ride today

Keep the cattle moving...

Watching out for danger...

Take the cows to water....

Cooking on the camp-fire
We rode miles today

Singing round the camp-fire
we rode miles today.

They joined in with that too.

The dances were cowboy-themed (an English view of cowboys anyway)
Putting sticks on a campfire instead of right or left-hand stars. Rattlesnakes dance instead of the Grand March etc.