STEP IT OUT, NANCY
(Robin Williams and Jerome Clark)

Near Cheyenne in Wyoming, there's a maiden fine and fair
Oh, her eyes they shone like diamonds, she had long and golden hair
When the cattleman came a-riding, he came to her father's door
Mounted on a milkwhite pony, he came at the stroke of four

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Step it out Nancy, pretty darling
Step it out Nancy, if you can
Step it out Nancy, pretty darling
Show your legs to the wealthy man

I have come to court your daughter, Nancy of the golden hair
I have wealth and I have money, I have goods beyond compare
And I will buy her silks and satins and a gold ring for her hand
I will build for her a mansion, she'll have servants to command

Can't you see I love a cowboy, and I've promised him my hand
I don't want your house and money
I don't want your goods and land
Nancy's father spoke up sharply, said you'll do as you are told
You'll be married on the Sunday, you will wear that ring of gold
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Well, the cattleman spoke with fury, said you will not have that man
And he rode from town in anger with a rifle in his hand
He came back from Colorado, on his pony was a sack
Deep red with the blood of the cowboy, slung across the back

Pretty Nancy cried in anguish, she wept and tore her hair
She slipped into her father's room and found a pistol lying there
On the Sunday came the wedding, the town's folk gathered at noon
They saw Nancy pull the pistol and shoot down that wealthy groom
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Nancy said, I am not sorry, when the jury heard the tale
Though he rots beneath this earthly ground and I shall rot in jail
There in the crowded courtroom, twelve good folks took their stand
Said we will not hold you, Nancy, for killing that wealthy man
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Well, I hope you get my meaning, it's not that murder pays,
But that women must not be bought or sold, neither then nor nowadays.
We will choose our lovers, we'll live out our own lives,
We'll love whome we please with a passion and a sparkle in our eyes.

FINAL CHORUS
Step it out Nancy, pretty darling
Step it out Nancy, if you can
Step it out Nancy, pretty darling
Show your legs to NO wealthy man

Step it out Nancy, pretty darling
Step it out Nancy, if you can
Step it out Nancy, pretty darling
No more leg for the wealthy man.

Source: Holly Near recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88lKY6jeiDo

Compare with the High Kings recording of "Step It Out Mary": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2S8dRxwmE0