The Cowboy's Dream

Last night as I laid on the prairie

And looked at the stars in the sky

I wondered if ever a cowboy

Would drift to that sweet by and by.

The road to that bright happy region

Is a dim narrow trail so they say

While the broad one that leads to perdition

Is posted and brazed all the way.

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Roll on, roll on,

Roll on little doggies roll on, roll on

Roll on, roll on,

Roll on little doggies roll on.

And I'm scared that I'll be a stray yearling

A maverick unbranded on high

And get caught in the bunch with the rusties

When the boss of the riders goes by.

They say he will never forget you

That he knows every action and look

So for safety you'd better get branded

Have your name in that great tally book.

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