Don Edwards - Lone Star Trail lyrics

I am a Texas cowboy just off the Texas plains My trade is cinchin' saddles and pullin' bridle rein I can twist a la**o with the greatest sk** and ease I can rope and ride a bronco most anywhere I please I am a jolly cowboy from Texas now I hail Give me my quirting pony I'm ready for the trail I love the rollin' prairies they're free from care and strife Behind a bunch of longhorns, I'll journey all my life When early dawn is breaking and we are far away We fall into our saddles, we roundup all the day We rope, we brand, we earmark, the boss he thinks we're smart And when the herd is ready for Kansas then we start When we get on the trail boys, the dusty billows rise It's fifty miles from water and the gra** is scorchin' dry The boss is mad and rangy, you all can plainly see I'll have to follow the longhorns, I'm a cowboy here to be When threatening clouds together and heard a lightning's flash And heavy raindrops splatter and rollin' thunder's crash What keeps the herd from runnin', stampeding far and wide The cowboy's long blown whistle and singing by their side But when we get 'em bedded, we think it's for the night Some horse'll shake his saddle it'll give the herd a fright They'll bound to their feet boys, and they'll stampede away In less than half a moment's time you'll hear some cowboy say Oh, when we get 'em bedded, you'll feel most forlorn The cloud'll rise in the west boys, and fire play on their horns The boss'll say "Stay with 'em, boys", your pay you'll get in gold I'm bound to follow the longhorns until I am too old When we get to Abilene the boss he pays us up We loaf around the city, we take a parting cup Then bid farewell the city life, leave noisy crowds behind I'm going back to Texas and that sweet little girl of mine I'm coming back to marry the only girl I love She said I am her darling, I am her own true love And when we two are married no more will I roam We'll settle down forever in our little Texas home Oh, I am a Texas cowboy just off the Texas plains My trade is cinchin' saddles and pullin' bridle rein I love the rollin' prairies they're free from care and strife Behind a bunch of longhorns, I'll journey all my life