These words are a bit different from what Slim Whitman sang. For one thing, the cowboy is referred to in third person:


THE CATTLE CALL
Words and music by Tex Owens
As recorded by Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys, 1946. (Bluebird 33-0527-A)

YODEL

The cattle are prowlin'.
Coyotes are howlin'
Way out where the dogies bawl.
Where spurs are a-jinglin',
A cowboy is singing
This lonesome cattle call:

YODEL

He rides in the sun
Till his day’s work is done
As he rounds up the cattle each fall.
(SHORT YODEL)
Singin’ his cattle call.

SHORT GUITAR AND STEEL GUITAR BREAK

For hours he will ride
On the range far and wide
When the night winds blow up a squall.
His heart is a feather.
In all kinds of weather,
He sings his cattle call.

YODEL

He's brown as a berry
From ridin' the prairie
And he sings with an ol’ western drawl.
SHORT YODEL
Singin’ his cattle call.

FIDDLE BREAK

YODEL

REPEAT LAST VERSE

YODEL

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Eddy Arnold recorded another version accompanied by Hugo Winterhalter's Chorus and Orchestra in 1955. (RCA Victor 20-6139)