Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

<p class="tit-song">RATTLESNAKE&mdash;A RANCH HAYING SONG <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page315" name="page315"></SPAN>(p. 315)</span></p> <p>A nice young ma-wa-wan<br/> Lived on a hi-wi-will;<br/> A nice young ma-wa-wan,<br/> For I knew him we-we-well.</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>This nice young ma-wa-wan<br/> Went out to mo-wo-wow<br/> To see if he-we-we<br/> Could make a sho-wo-wow.</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>He scarcely mo-wo-wowed<br/> Half round the fie-we-wield<br/> Till up jumped&mdash;come a rattle, come a sna-wa-wake,<br/> And bit him on the he-we-weel.</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>He laid right dow-we-wown<br/> Upon the gro-wo-wound<br/> And shut his ey-wy-wyes<br/> And looked all aro-wo-wound.</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>"O <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page316" name="page316"></SPAN>(p. 316)</span> pappy da-wa-wad,<br/> Go tell my ga-wa-wal<br/> That I'm a-goin' ter di-wi-wie,<br/> For I know I sha-wa-wall."</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>"O pappy da-wa-wad,<br/> Go spread the ne-wu-wus;<br/> And here come Sa-wa-wall<br/> Without her sho-woo-woos."</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>"O John, O Joh-wa-wahn,<br/> Why did you go-wo-wo<br/> Way down in the mea-we-we-dow<br/> So far to mo-wo-wow?"</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>"O Sal, O Sa-wa-wall,<br/> Why don't you kno-wo-wow<br/> When the grass gits ri-wi-wipe,<br/> It must be mo-wo-woed?"</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>Come all young gir-wi-wirls<br/> And shed a tea-we-wear<br/> For <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page317" name="page317"></SPAN>(p. 317)</span> this young ma-wa-wan<br/> That died right he-we-were.</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <p>Come all young me-we-wen<br/> And warning ta-wa-wake,<br/> And don't get bi-wi-wit<br/> By a rattle sna-wa-wake.</p> <p class="add2em">To my rattle, to my roo-rah-ree!</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />