Cowboy’s wild song to his herd
(video)
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1. One beautiful night when the moon was full,
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and the air was crisp and
clear,
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a cowboy lay on the starlit
plain,
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and thought of his home so
dear.
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2. He thought of his mother he loved so well,
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and his slumber of sleep was
blurred,
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not a sound to be heard but
those of the night,
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as he sang a wild song to his
herd.
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3. The cattle are lying so quiet and still
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on a carpet that mantels the
west,
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while the golden lanes from
the sky of night
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sing peace to the cowboy’s
breast.
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4. Still he thinks of his mother in a faraway land,
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and his thoughts by his memory was stirred,
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and he sees himself to the old
home again,
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as he sang a wild song to his
herd.
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5. He's far from the din of the city noise,
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where the lights of folly do
shine,
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he's far from the jaws of the dives of sin,
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and the flow of sparkling
wine.
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6. He's in the great West with its mantle of green,
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where his neighbors say never
a word,
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a land of narrow ridge of
mountains and plains,
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where a cowboy sings low to
his herd.
Recorded
12/11/34
(orig. = capo 1st) (The Carter
Family)