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27 Dec 13 - 02:20 PM (#3586966) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LAST ROUNDUP (Billy Hill) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add: THE LAST ROUNDUP Billy Hill 1933 I'm *heading for the last roundup Gonna saddle old Paint for the last time and ride So long, old pal, it's time your tears were dried I'm heading for the last roundup. Git along little doggie, git along, git along, git along Git along Little doggie, git along. git along Git along little doggie, git along, git along, git along Git along little doggie, git along. git along I'm heading for the last roundup To the faraway ranch of the Boss in the sky Where the strays are counted and branded there go I I'm headin' for the last roundup. Git along, etc. I'm headin' for the last roundup There'll be Buffalo Bill with his long snow-white hair There'll be old Kit Carson and Custer waiting there A-riding in the last roundup. Git along, etc. I'm heading for the last roundup Gonna saddle old Paint for the last time and ride So long, old pal, it's time your tears were dried I'm heading for the last roundup. *Singers usually drop the final 'g'. Billy Hill (1899-1940) worked for a time as a cowboy. He_wrote "Prairie Lullaby" (posted), "Wagon Wheels", "The Oregon Trail," "The Old Spinning Wheel," "Have You Ever Been Lonely," and other hits. "The Last Roundup" sold 200,000 sheet music copies in the first six weeks. |