<p class="tit-song">ONLY A COWBOY <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page124" name="page124"></SPAN>(p. 124)</span></p>
<p>Away out in old Texas, that great lone star state,<br/>
Where the mocking bird whistles both early and late;<br/>
It was in Western Texas on the old N A range<br/>
The boy fell a victim on the old staked plains.</p>
<p class="add1em">He was only a cowboy gone on before,<br/>
He was only a cowboy, we will never see more;<br/>
He was doing his duty on the old N A range<br/>
But now he is sleeping on the old staked plains.</p>
<p>His crew they were numbered twenty-seven or eight,<br/>
The boys were like brothers, their friendship was great,<br/>
When "O God, have mercy" was heard from behind,—<br/>
The cattle were left to drift on the line.</p>
<p>He leaves a dear wife and little ones, too,<br/>
To earn them a living, as fathers oft do;<br/>
For while he was working for the loved ones so dear<br/>
He was took without warning or one word of cheer.</p>
<p>And while he is sleeping where the sun always shines,<br/>
The boys they go dashing along on the line;<br/>
The look on their faces it speaks to us all<br/>
Of one who departed to the home of the soul.</p>
<p>He <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page125" name="page125"></SPAN>(p. 125)</span> was only a cowboy gone on before,<br/>
He was only a cowboy, we will never see more;<br/>
He was doing his duty on the old N A range<br/>
But now he is sleeping on the old staked plains.</p>
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