The lyrics as given are identical to those in Larkin, pp. 132-134, with music, the words obtained from Ruth Bell, the music "an old English tune."

Sung "at a gentle lope," 6/8
(Gm)All day long on the (D7) prairies I (Gm)ride
Not even a hound dog to (D7)trot by my side,
My (Gm)fire it is kindled with (Cm)chips gathered (D7)'round,
I (Gm)boil my own coffee with (D7)out being (Gm)ground,
I (F7)wash in a pool and I (Bb)wipe on a sack,
I (F7)carry my wardrobe (Bb)all on my back,
For (Cm)want of an oven I (Gm)cook in a pot,
For (Bb)want of a bed I (D7)sleep on a cot.

Larkin says that the song "is often sung to a gayer melody- a corruption of the first four phrases of this one."

Stewie posted two versions of this song in the thread 24775, Lyr. Req. Yippie Kye Aye...: The Cowboy
One is from Ed McCurdy, "Song of the West," Astor Gold Star Series GGS 908.
The other is from Glenn Ohrlin, "Cowboy Songs," Philo LP 1017.

Glenn Ohrlin has two versions of the song (different music for each) in "The Hell-Bound Train, A Cowboy Songbook," 1973, Univ. Illinois Press, pp. 156-158. These are similar to those posted by Stewie 13 Aug. 2000, and never harvested.