When I Was A Cowboy - Ralph Mctell

作词：Danny Thompson/Laurie Allan/Mary Visconti/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Tony Visconti/Tony Visconti/Tony Visconti/Tony Visconti/Vic Gamm/Ralph McTell

作曲：Danny Thompson/Laurie Allan/Mary Visconti/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Ralph McTell/Tony Visconti/Tony Visconti/Tony Visconti/Tony Visconti/Vic Gamm/Ralph McTell

I was a cowboy out on the prairie

Me and my six-gun

kept law in the alley

I remember my first horse well

he was lean but a fast one

We travelled miles together

until he got stolen

And the sheriff said get early to bed

And always keep your hat

screwed on real tight

Case you get in a fight

Well that's one of the tricks

that you must employ

If you wanna be a cowboy

I travelled far from home

even jumped freight trains

Threw stones in the ocean

slept out in the cold rain

It was down in some southern town

and the music was playing

And the people were talking so loud

they heard no words I was saying

And the sheriff said get early to bed

And always keep your hat

screwed on real tight

Case you get in a fight

Well that's one of the tricks

that you must employ

If you wanna be a cowboy

I dreamed of a mountain

with one lonesome rider

He was ragged and tattered

but he carried a sabre

And all through the canyon

you could hear his bones rattle

He was dead on a dying horse

and he was tied to the saddle

And the sheriff said get early to bed

And always keep your hat

screwed on real tight

Case you get in a fight

Well that's one of the tricks

that you must employ

If you wanna be a cowboy

I was a cowboy out on the prairie

life sure is easier

back home in the alley

And the sheriff said get early to bed

And always keep your hat

screwed on real tight

Case you get in a fight

Well that's one of the tricks

that you must employ

If you wanna be a cowboy