Bound For Old Billings (Larry W. Jones 11/14/2011) (song#6401) My roots are in Texas, my boots where the X is Right in the middle of the Lone Star state they play But my next trail ride is where the Great Divide is Though in cowboyin’ I won’t be drawin’ in much pay Blue northers come down the western slope with a noise Me and the other cowboys packed our corduroys To survive through the winter in the mountain pass Heard tales of cattle frozen to the pasture grass We’ll get three free meals and a bunk bed frame of steel So, we’ve got our bedrolls and a deal is a deal Now, regarding pay, I suppose we’ll let it lay We won’t be near a town or anywhere genteel Got a double rig saddle with Friesseke tree To protect my pony’s kidneys and maybe me Now, when we find where the ranch is, there our chance is To show Montana our Texas branch, yes siree We’re bound for old Billings, our ponies are willing It’s still summer and the pasture grass there is green We’re Texas hands ridin’ for a Montana brand Outside of Billings, a place we ain’t never seen Gonna stop in Denver at a place named Kenners See the Denver Mint with all the real gold in view Then ride on to Billings and stay for the Winter Herdin’, brandin’ cattle til the Spring roundup’s through My roots are in Texas, my boots where the X is Right in the middle of the Lone Star state they play But my next trail ride is where the Great Divide is Though in cowboyin’ I won’t be drawin’ in much pay Blue Coyote Serenade (Larry W. Jones 11/15/2011) (song#6402) Blue coyote, blue coyote serenade =11 Blue coyote, I feel just as blue as you I had to leave my sweetheart behind today I feel your loneliness for I’m lonely too Blue coyote, blue coyote serenade This new trail drive is already looking blue I’m looking at the photograph we had made The frame is painted blue in a lovely hue As blue as your blue coyote serenade Blue coyote, I hear your high lonesome cry Then I hear only silence with no reply That’s the same sound I hear since our last goodbye Blue coyote, blue coyote serenade (instrumental) Blue shadows fall across the wide cattle trail When the moon is on the rise and sunlight fades Blue coyote, I hear the pride in your wail I cry with your blue coyote serenade My heart beats only for my darling, it’s true And my songs are all about that lovely maid But now they’re without doubt sounding oh, so blue As blue as your blue coyote serenade Blue coyote, I feel just as blue as you I had to leave my sweetheart behind today I feel your loneliness for I’m lonely too Blue coyote, blue coyote serenade Lost In The Age Of Love Ago (Larry W. Jones 11/15/2011) (song#6403) You and I shared keys of love long ago Under warm summer skies the breeze would blow And my memory still retains the glow Though it’s lost in the age of love ago My sad face has lost the trace of a smile As my mind races back before the woe I remember how it was for awhile Though it’s lost in the age of love ago My dear, I wish I could turn back the time Back to when love burned that I thought would grow Long ago our song had lines of sweet rhyme Now it’s lost in the age of love ago (instrumental) The summer wind that once caressed our face Has now dropped to below the coldest low Dear, I can’t win in love’s eternal race I lost out in the age of love ago I know that yesterday has come and gone And more sorrow will come with morning’s glow All my glad tomorrows have been withdrawn Lost as well in the age of love ago My dear, I wish I could turn back the time Back to when love burned that I thought would grow Long ago our song had lines of sweet rhyme Now it’s lost in the age of love ago Lost in the age of love ago Hit Rawhide And Ride (Larry W. Jones 11/15/2011) (song#6404) Whenever I get the urge to ramble A big anticipation grows inside And the situation calls for a scramble I saddle up then hit rawhide and ride There ain’t no place ever held me for long Just in case I settled down there and died The drifting fever has compelled my song I sing it loud then hit rawhide and ride I’ve ridden trails across this big country Seen hidden rails where trains crisscross the land I’ve seen ponderosas and big gum trees While I rode in the saddle tall and tanned I’ve been a-straddle for quite awhile now Been over high mountains and prairies wide But if any one place furrows my brow I saddle up then hit rawhide and ride There ain’t no place ever held me for long Just in case I settled down there and died The drifting fever has compelled my song I sing it loud then hit rawhide and ride I saddle up then hit rawhide and ride In Loving Memory (Larry W. Jones 11/17/2011) (song#6405) My love for you has lasted a lifetime Although I knew you for just a few years What a contrast between your life and mine Real love’s reflected in all my new tears Dear, I’ll spend my lifetime in loving memory Searching for some warmth in this deep December cold Your own love for me was just an allegory Mine is in loving memory of love grown old (instrumental) Dear, what an impression your presence made My mind is imprisoned eternally My darling, never will your essence fade You’ll be ever in loving memory Dear, I’ll spend my lifetime in loving memory Searching for some warmth in this deep December cold Your own love for me was just an allegory Mine is in loving memory of love grown My mind is imprisoned eternally You’ll be ever in loving memory Hi Diddle Diddle He Played The Fiddle (Larry W. Jones 11/18/2011) (song#6406) Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle And they called him the fiddle man Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle Next to the banjo pickin’ man Well, I asked him to play for us one time Hi diddle diddle, one more time And that’s when the fiddlin’ around began She stayed with the fiddlin’ man Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle Oh, he played the fiddle just fine Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle Now I’m movin’ on down the line (instrumental) Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle We used to hear him Friday nights Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle We used to dance in the bar lights Then one night something went terribly wrong Hi diddle diddle, sure went wrong She became his fan, I was under ban She stayed with the fiddlin’ man Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle Oh, he played the fiddle just fine Hi diddle diddle, he played the fiddle Now I’m movin’ on down the line Written In A Letter Denied (Larry W. Jones 11/19/2011) (song#6407) The letter I sent you, my dear It had ink on it barely dried The mail man made it very clear That it was a letter denied Dear, the seal will not be broken And my eyes will never be dried The words won’t be read or spoken Written in a letter denied (instrumental) I hope we will meet somewhere, dear At some place where you then will see Words that I have always held near Written on this sad heart of me There I will ask you, my darling Reconsider and open wide Open your heart to my last words Written in a letter denied Open your heart to my last words Written in a letter denied Bandit Bandit (Larry W. Jones 11/20/2011) (song#6409) Bandit, bandit, hide bandit hide… Gray wolf, gray wolf, bandit of your pack You don’t fear the shadows, so don’t fear mine likewise I know gray wolves are lonely, hidden away like spies We both are lonely bandits, hiding from lawmen’s eyes Bandit, bandit, what bad have you done Have you been a bandit, gray wolf, for your whole life through Folks call you Diablo, and a bad Diablo too Wait, gray wolf, for this bandit, that lawmen’s after too Gray wolf, gray wolf, bandit of your pack You don’t fear the shadows, so don’t fear mine likewise I know gray wolves are lonely, hidden away like spies We both are lonely bandits, hiding from lawmen’s eyes (instrumental) Bandit, bandit, sneaking stealthily Among the shadows of scrub oak and cottonwood trees Sometimes with the pack you run but hiding warily Folks call you bandit, gray wolf, but guns are after me Gray wolf, gray wolf, bandit of your pack You don’t fear the shadows, so don’t fear mine likewise I know gray wolves are lonely, hidden away like spies We both are lonely bandits, hiding from lawmen’s eyes Sometimes with the pack you run but hiding warily Folks call you bandit, gray wolf, but guns are after me Love Is A Full Time Thing (Larry W. Jones 11/20/2011) (song#6410) Love is a full time thing Your sweet love is a full time thing As in every season the year will bring Your sweet love is a full time thing You vowed that you would care I know now, you were always there My darling, you have been more than just fair Your sweet love for me, you still bare Love is a full time thing Your sweet love is a full time thing As in every season the year will bring Your sweet love is a full time thing (instrumental) You know just what to say Whether I’m near or far away I get letters from you dear, come what may Cause your sweet love has come to stay Love is a full time thing Your sweet love is a full time thing As in every season the year will bring Your sweet love is a full time thing Love is a full time thing Your sweet love is a full time thing Your Love Watches Over Me (Larry W. Jones 11/20/2011) (song#6411) Dear, your love watches over me Yes, your love watches over me When the wind blows and storms are on the sea I’ll still be safe and warm Cause your love watches over me At times a man gets weary and at times the sun don’t shine But life never does get dreary when there’s somewhere to hide The loving things you say and do tells me that you’re still mine And I can tell by your face that your love is by design Dear, your love watches over me Yes, your love watches over me When the wind blows and storms are on the sea I’ll still be safe and warm Cause your love watches over me (instrumental) At times a man gets weary and at times the sun don’t shine But life never does get dreary when there’s somewhere to hide The loving things you say and do tells me that you’re still mine And I can tell by your face that your love is by design Dear, your love watches over me Yes, your love watches over me When the wind blows and storms are on the sea I’ll still be safe and warm Cause your love watches over me Trails Of Travail (Larry W. Jones 11/21/2011) (song#6412) Seems like I’ve been ridin’ trails of travail Been ridin’ trails of travail forever But on trails of travail, pals never fail We ride on trails such as those together There’s a silver line in dark clouds That brightens life’s dim, dreary shroud Sometimes I wonder where I’m bound But on trails of travail I’ve found That saddle pals I can’t forsee Come riding down those trails with me So, I saddle Dan without fail Straddle and ride trails of travail (instrumental) Guess I’ll be a trail rider, always been Traveling along the dirt and gravel Never owned a ranch or traveler’s Inn I just let trails of travail unravel There’s a silver line in dark clouds That brightens life’s dim, dreary shroud Sometimes I wonder where I’m bound But on trails of travail I’ve found That saddle pals I can’t forsee Come riding down those trails with me So, I saddle Dan without fail Straddle and ride trails of travail My Memory Number None (Larry W. Jones 11/21/2011) (song#6413) You’re my memory number none… Well, I remember many things But there’s some things I can’t recall Cause some of them have sprouted wings And you’re the last mem’ry of all You’re my memory number none And I don’t recall having fun Your true love for me came undone You’re my memory number none Dear, I called no other darling It didn’t bother you to run I recall nothing but quarreling You’re my memory number none (instrumental) I walk with none but the lonely My happiness has not begun And I recall one thing only You’re my memory number none You’re my memory number none And I don’t recall having fun Your true love for me came undone You’re my memory number none Dear, you’re the last mem’ry of all You’re my memory number none Boondocks Moonshine Still (Larry W. Jones 11/21/2011) (song#6414) Down a trail through the woody pines A man I once knew had a thrill He had too much to drink and both his eyes turned pink Me thinks from boondocks moonshine still Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still So mountain folk could get their fill Liquid diet’s not right so he kept it quiet Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still (instrumental) Pa was tall and lean, some said mean Mason jars just like sleeping pills Mountain folks just couldn’t keep from counting their sheep Cause of a boondocks moonshine still Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still So mountain folk could get their fill Liquid diet’s not right so he kept it quiet Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still (instrumental) My cousin Clyde thought he had died When he tried to fly off the hill Down the trail he ran but he ran back up again Back to Pa’s boondocks moonshine still Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still So mountain folk could get their fill Liquid diet’s not right so he kept it quiet Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still (instrumental) G-men came around and they found Pa’s boondocks still full of goodwill Their loud singin’ hit the roof from Pa’s hundred proof Pa kept his boondocks moonshine still Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still So mountain folk could get their fill Liquid diet’s not right so he kept it quiet Pa ran a boondocks moonshine still Nail My Cowboy Boots To The Floor (Larry W. Jones 11/21/2011) (song#6415) Cowgirl, nail my cowboy boots to the floor And tie my leather duster to the door Then hide my Stetson somewhere far away Trade my pony for an old swayback gray Cowgirl, don’t ask me what all this is for Better nail my cowboy boots to the floor All my life I’ve ridden down distant trails Some were forbidden ‘cept in western tales But cowgirl, I needn’t ask for details You want my ridin’ days to be no more So honey, better start lookin’ for nails Cowgirl, nail my cowboy boots to the floor (instrumental) Cowgirl, you know I’ve loved you from the start I know I would die if we had to part I’ve been a cowboy who just likes to roam There’s one thing you can do to keep me home Cowgirl, nail my cowboy boots to the floor And tie my leather duster to the door Then hide my Stetson somewhere far away Trade my pony for an old swayback gray Cowgirl, don’t ask me what all this is for Better nail my cowboy boots to the floor Next Time You’re In Texas (Larry W. Jones 11/21/2011) (song#6416) In an old saloon in Reno sometime around sundown A cowboy is sitting at the bar looking really bad Howdy stranger, I don’t know you but have another round And maybe I’ll tell you about the troubles that I’ve had Next time you’re in Texas, go see where my Ex is And you will see the troubles where this cowboy’s been Next time you’re in Texas, let her know her Ex is Still in love with her and he will be til his end (instrumental) When you knock on her door, look for a little boy of four Bring a toy eighteen wheeler but please don’t be a stealer Tell her and him that I love them just as much as before And that here in old Reno all I do is walk the floor Next time you’re in Texas, go see where my Ex is And you will see the troubles where this cowboy’s been Next time you’re in Texas, let her know her Ex is Still in love with her and he will be til his end Next time you’re in Texas, let her know her Ex is Still in love with her and he will be til his end Cinch Your Burdens To The Breeze (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2011) (song#6417) Clouds will seem much brighter than you’ve seen clouds before When you cinch your burdens to the breeze Songs will sound much lighter than you’ve sung songs before When you cinch your burdens to the breeze Gray clouds will dissipate if you’ll just participate Western skies will be blue where you please Here’s a primer, if you’re a new or old timer Just cinch your old burdens to the breeze (instrumental) Some folks let their worries get them in a lather But I’d rather that my mind feel free Saddle pal, I hear you My song will endear you Clouds will seem much brighter than you’ve seen clouds before When you cinch your burdens to the breeze Songs will sound much lighter than you’ve sung songs before When you cinch your burdens to the breeze Gray clouds will dissipate if you’ll just participate Western skies will be blue where you please Here’s a primer, if you’re a new or old timer Just cinch your old burdens to the breeze (instrumental) Some folks let their worries get them in a lather But I’d rather that my mind feel free Saddle pal, I hear you My song will endear you Bitter trails I’ve been on but I can depend on A fine day when gentle breezes blow Pal, don’t be a quitter, I’ll be your pinch hitter And I’ll help you sing this song I know Clouds will seem much brighter than you’ve seen clouds before When you cinch your burdens to the breeze Songs will sound much lighter than you’ve sung songs before When you cinch your burdens to the breeze Gray clouds will dissipate if you’ll just participate Western skies will be blue where you please Here’s a primer, if you’re a new or old timer Just cinch your old burdens to the breeze So Happy I Can Smile (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2011) (song#6418) Well, listen to that bluebird sing His sound has been around awhile And that zephyr train soon will bring The one plain reason for my smile I’ve never felt this good so long Now I could run a country mile And like that bluebird with his song It’s so much fun to laugh and smile I love to hear a young bird cheep In the time when Spring is in style The time has come, I no more weep Cause now it’s time for me to smile (instrumental) I’ve never felt this good so long Now I could run a country mile And like that bluebird with his song It’s so much fun to laugh and smile I used to wish upon a star Whisper a prayer that I’d compile And now my dear, right here you are Now I’m so happy I can smile One Mile High And Two Miles Down (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2011) (song#6419) Just one mile high and two miles down I feel like a natural clown She loves someone in Denver town Just one mile high and two miles down She wrote me a letter and said she was lonely She asked me to come right away Denver’s far from Houston but I had a pony I rode that pony all the way When I arrived at her ranch and knocked on the door I thought true love was in the air But when her door opened, big boots were on the floor Another cowboy was in there Just one mile high and two miles down I feel like a natural clown She loves someone in Denver town Just one mile high and two miles down (instrumental) Every part of my heart was broken to pieces I left some parts on rocky ground I didn’t search where the Justice of the Peace is Just one mile high and two miles down Well, the trail back to Texas was long and lowly I kept riding and covered ground As I rode along, I called out her name slowly Just one mile high and two miles down Just one mile high and two miles down I feel like a natural clown She loves someone in Denver town Just one mile high and two miles down Sail Her Home To Me (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2011) (song#6420) The moon shines golden far over the sea The days have grown olden impatiently I look for a star the shines from afar Strum on my guitar, sail her home to me My love roams far over the sea My home is now forgotten land Someday, some way, she’ll come to me And once again I’ll hold her hand When night time comes I often pray That she will stay safe on the sea Wherever she is o’re the spray Guide her and sail her home to me (instrumental) My love roams far over the sea My home is now forgotten land Someday, some way, she’ll come to me And once again I’ll hold her hand When night time comes I often pray That she will stay safe on the sea Wherever she is o’re the spray Guide her and sail her home to me Then on a new morning of quiet dawn I awoke to peer from the curtains drawn So near was a ship and I could then see Prayers were answered to sail her home to me I Will Hold You In My Dreams (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2011) (song#6421) Dear, I will hold you in my dreams Til I behold you in the Spring Then you will leave me nevermore Dear, I will dream of you each night And in the Spring I’ll hold you tight Just as I held you once before The golden moon above will shine Upon the earth, upon the sea Upon your heart I know is mine Til you come sailing home to me (instrumental) The golden moon above will shine Upon the earth, upon the sea Upon your heart I know is mine Til you come sailing home to me Dear, I will hold you in my dreams Til I behold you in the Spring Then you will leave me nevermore Dear, I will dream of you each night And in the Spring I’ll hold you tight Just as I held you once before Six Shooter man (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2011) (song#6422) Well, I’m a six shooter man on a horse named Dan Pardner, don’t try to fence me in Cause I’m a straight shooter, a buckaroo rooter Tear down fences like a king pin Well, I’m a fast boot scooter, a six gun shooter Don’t like fences, they trap me in I’ve got reason enough to be seasoned and tough Farmers’ fences where I begin Well, I’m a six shooter man on a horse named Dan Pardner, don’t try to fence me in Cause I’m a straight shooter, a buckaroo rooter Tear down fences like a king pin (instrumental) Well, there are stories told and it’s a-getting’ old About men out in the wild west I ain’t lookin’ for glory but it’s my story A six shooter man at his best Well, I’m a man of the grange who loves a free range Pardner, don’t try to fence me in Cause I’m a straight shooter, a buckaroo rooter Tear down fences like a king pin Well, I’m a six shooter man on a horse named Dan Pardner, don’t try to fence me in Cause I’m a straight shooter, a buckaroo rooter Tear down fences like a king pin Well, I’m a six shooter man on a horse named Dan Pardner, don’t try to fence me in Silver Concho (Larry W. Jones 11/23/2011) (song#6423) Outside old San Angelo inside the Lonesome Dove A cowboy held the hand of the girl who was his love He gave her a silver concho from his western belt And whispered in her ear just how much in love he felt He said, I’d trade this for a silver dollar And I’d trade San Angelo for Abilene I’d trade in this pair of old worn out Levis And parade the best cowgirl I've ever seen (instrumental) Outside of old Abilene inside her big ranch house She recalls San Angelo in her high dollar blouse His one silver concho she holds gently to her mouth Her tears fall as she thinks of the cowboy to the South She said, I’d trade my dollars for a silver concho And I’d trade this Abilene for old San Angelo Trade fancy clothes for an old worn out pair of Levis To give to a cowboy with so much love in his eyes (instrumental) Conchos and dollars, Levis and choicest wine San Angelo or Abilene’s fancy lines Poor cowboys and rich cowgirls in their own world Both of them would trade for the other’s dream world He gave her a silver concho from his western belt And whispered in her ear just how much in love he felt Roundup Reveille (Larry W. Jones 11/23/2011) (song#6424) Well, it’s reveille time at the roundup The Eastern sun will soon rise Western bound Cattle on the spread will soon be bound up So cowboys, pick your bedroll off the ground Now the night time moonlight glow is fading Last night’s campfire embers are fading too Well, it’s reveille time at the roundup It’s roundup reveille for me and you Cowboys at the roundup will all agree That roundups aren’t really a jubilee It’s just lots of ride ‘em, rope ‘em, brand ‘em When you hear early morning reveille (instrumental) Well, it’s reveille time at the roundup The Eastern sun will soon rise Western bound Cattle on the spread will soon be bound up So cowboys, pick your bedroll off the ground Now the night time moonlight glow is fading Last night’s campfire embers are fading too Well, it’s reveille time at the roundup It’s roundup reveille for me and you Well, it’s reveille time at the roundup It’s roundup reveille for me and you Trail To Perdition (Larry W. Jones 11/23/2011) (song#6425) He stopped at Allentown where the old ranch house used to be And he thought about the big roundups there in eighty three He hitched his horse in Estes Park to do his commission There he pawned his pocket watch on the trail to perdition He rode up Elkhorn Avenue to the post office door Mailed the money from the watch to a saddle pal of yore His old world was separated by some dark partition He rode west of Estes Park on the trail to perdition (instrumental) He rode up Elkhorn Avenue to the post office door Mailed the money from the watch to a saddle pal of yore His old world was separated by some dark partition He rode west of Estes Park on the trail to perdition The cowboy rode on to Lake Haiyaha’s Chaos Canyon A snow front was coming in that he could feel on his skin Folks in Estes Park said it was only his condition He fell in Chaos Canyon on the trail to perdition Folks in Estes Park said it was only his condition He fell in Chaos Canyon on the trail to perdition Randolph Scott (Larry W. Jones 11/24/2011) (song#6426) He was the tall Virginian with the fastest draw He rode for justice to enforce the law I tried to be like him in little cowboy jeans I bent my hat brim like in movie scenes Randolph Scott was tall in the saddle and so browned His adios meant he was westward bound Randolph Scott would round up every bad guy around And then he just rode off toward the sundown I saw Randolph’s last western, Ride the High Country Still tall in the saddle at sixty four He still had the fastest draw on the silver screen I wish that he had made a hundred more Randolph Scott was tall in the saddle and so browned His adios meant he was westward bound Randolph Scott would round up every bad guy around And then he just rode off toward the sundown (instrumental) I heard the news reporter say in eighty seven That Randolph Scott played out his final scene I looked out west and I swear I saw engraven Randolph Scott riding across a silver screen Randolph Scott was tall in the saddle and so browned His adios meant he was westward bound Randolph Scott would round up every bad guy around And then he just rode off toward the sundown Still tall in the saddle at sixty four I wish that he had made a hundred more May You Never Ride Alone Like Me (Larry W. Jones 11/24/2011) (song#6427) Like a whippoorwill with no mate at night I ride alone until the morning light I feel like deadwood on the lone prairie Dear, may you never ride alone like me The cowboy code says never tells such lies As my dear, you have done to my surprise Now here I’m riding trails alone and blue But love is still deep in my heart for you I said goodbye to pals and left to roam Cause of a gal who now won’t be my own And I know her love now will never be Dear, may you never ride alone like me (instrumental) The cowboy code says never tells such lies As my dear, you have done to my surprise Now here I’m riding trails alone and blue But love is still deep in my heart for you Well dear, the cowboy code goes on to say Don’t you do no wrong or you’ll have to pay I did you no wrong but you set me free Dear, may you never ride alone like me Now, listen to my last song May you never ride alone like me Louisian Muddy Swamp (Larry W. Jones 11/24/2011) (song#6428) Well, I live in a muddy swamp down in old Louisian I live on alligator rump or anything I can Mon Marie down in the muddy swamp keeps me warm at night Part vixen, hot like stew she mixin’, makes me feel alright Muddy swamp, I’m right at home and here I will always be Louisian muddy swamp, muddy swamp on Bayou Lafitte (instrumental) Revenours came in muddy swamp, said my tax was late Well, they never came out, guess they were alligator bait Cane grows well down in muddy swamp, ain’t no fancy cash bar Boil it down til the still has stopped, drink from a Mason jar Muddy swamp, I’m right at home and here I will always be Louisian muddy swamp, muddy swamp on Bayou Lafitte (instrumental) Well, I’ve been up to New Orleans, farthest I’ve ever been Too big city, that’s a pity, ain’t goin’ back again Muddy swamp, I’m right at home and here I will always be Louisian muddy swamp, muddy swamp on Bayou Lafitte Louisian muddy swamp, muddy swamp on Bayou Lafitte Abilene Texas (Larry W. Jones 11/26/2011) (song#6429) My Daddy raised cows in Abilene Texas We lived in a shanty house in Abilene My Daddy was a poor Abilene cowboy The cattle money he made was mighty lean I loved a rich girl in Abilene Texas Her Daddy was a big west Texas oil man Well, he looked down on this Abilene cowboy Cause I didn’t belong in his big oil clan I left longhorns in Abilene for Alberta Canada And went to work in rich Alberta oil sands I bought shares of company stock in Alberta Canada Hoping in Abilene I could win her hand (instrumental) One day I went back to Abilene Texas And I called on the only girl there for me She told her rich Daddy about Alberta And I bought the biggest ranch in Abilene Her Daddy flew in to Abilene Texas For a Texas barbeque and jamboree Then he asked me for advice on Alberta He wanted to invest all his equity Now he’s over in dried up oil fields of Midland Odessa And his hopes of striking oil is mighty lean He took my advice and he paid the price for sweet Vanessa I rolled the dice, married her in Abilene Brown Burro (Larry W. Jones 11/26/2011) (song#6430) Over in the old corral Right next to a big red roan Is my little equine pal That brown burro that I own His back is bent and his head is long His legs are short but they’re mighty strong He’s all stubborn burro to the bone That little brown burro that I own Dance was held at the big barn I went with my hat pulled down Burro didn’t care a darn When I rode him into town He likes songs of deep sorrow And he likes my songs of joy He’ll go to sleep tomorrow From hauling this old cowboy His back is bent and his head is long His legs are short but they’re mighty strong He’s all stubborn burro to the bone That little brown burro that I own He had a fuss, little cuss When I called him sorry names Where he kicked I won’t discuss But I ride him just the same When I do that last roundup And my days are done and gone Carve on stone from the ground up A brown burro that I owned His back is bent and his head is long His legs are short but they’re mighty strong He’s all stubborn burro to the bone That little brown burro that I own Since You Left Me Darling (Larry W. Jones 11/27/2011) (song#6431) Since you left me darling My dreams of love have changed Since you left me darling My dreams of love have changed And everybody thinks That I’m the one to blame Now I need somebody Who knows misfortune too Now I need somebody Who knows misfortune too Since you left me darling My dreams have all turned blue (instrumental) Since you left me darling My life’s a dreary thing Since you left me darling My life’s a dreary thing No one is here to care Or any comfort bring Since you left me darling My dreams of love have changed Since you left me darling My dreams of love have changed And everybody thinks That I’m the one to blame In The Breeze Of Blue Western Skies (Larry W. Jones 11/27/2011) (song#6432) Some folks are loud and love a crowd And the busy life rushing by But as for me I’d rather be In the breeze of blue western skies For the breeze brings refreshing cool Made for a lazy summer dream And the breeze is a vagabond In all life’s never ending schemes Yes, the breeze is a vagabond It rides the ranges low and high And I too am a vagabond In the breeze of blue western skies (instrumental) When morning comes to the prairie The western breeze wakes up slowly Sometimes it gets rather airy Until the sun sinks so lowly And then the breeze returns at dawn To ride the ranges low and high And I too am a vagabond In the breeze of blue western skies And I too am a vagabond In the breeze of blue western skies All The Same (Larry W. Jones 11/27/2011) (song#6433) (All the same) though you’re the one to blame (All the same) I still whisper your name I still love you all the same (All the same) though love was not your aim (All the same) my heart is still aflame I still love you all the same I don’t recall how many days or all the hours That I have wondered why you went away But dear, I have done everything in my power To think of ways to bring you back some day (instrumental) (All the same) though love was not your aim (All the same) my heart is still aflame I still love you all the same This pain in my heart seems to go on forever Though love for you has lasted through the years I know I’m foolish but will it end, no never Though love for you is wasted through my tears (All the same) though you’re the one to blame (All the same) I still whisper your name I still love you all the same Tale Of A Rover (Larry W. Jones 11/28/2011) (song#6434) Gather round cowboys, hear the tale of a rover Of a lady who was his everything That rover who loved her had no one above her And they were set for marriage in the Spring He spoke of the good times they had in the Summer Before a new cowboy stole her away She was not to blame, it was just the newcomer For she was young and didn’t mean to stray (instrumental) Cowboys, that rover raised a drink to her new love He wished their future be brighter than his His eyes got sad and misty, not from the whiskey T’was his story that told it like it is Boys, that rover didn’t know me but he told me All she did but he never put her down He pled all the blame but then he said her name And I wished I had ridden out of town (instrumental) My own words could not start to tell him from my heart That his sad tale of a rover was me I walked from the saloon, saw the man in the moon Boys, all three of us were in misery Now, I wonder if that rover knew who I was But his tale of a rover was no lie Cowboys, I’ll now admit I had to cry because That same girl just bid this cowboy goodbye Watching The Sun Head West (Larry W. Jones 11/28/2011) (song#6435) A new day has started way in the East The moon says goodbye to the night A woodpecker taps for a grub worm feast While I watch the new sun arise A new day starts and the morning sun smiles As the world welcomes an old guest Here in the saddle I linger awhile Just for watching the sun head west On western trails, I may be miles from home I stop by a stream for some rest But old Dan and I have more miles to roam While we’re watching the sun head west (instrumental) A new day starts and the morning sun smiles As the world welcomes an old guest Here in the saddle I linger awhile Just for watching the sun head west On western trails, I may be miles from home I stop by a stream for some rest But old Dan and I have more miles to roam While we’re watching the sun head west North Sea Cowboy (Larry W. Jones 11/28/2011) (song#6436) How did this cowboy end up on a North Sea oil platform And just when does the next crew boat depart before the storm My Texas love is deeper than this oil well in the sea The weather sure is warmer where this cowboy wants to be There’s a gal in Galveston, a long way from here to shore She’s walking the floor for me with a Lone Star beer to pour I’m gonna waltz her across Galveston when I deploy Cause there ain’t no platform dance floor for this North Sea cowboy There’s no jukebox on this platform, I can’t hear Ernest Tubb The cook doesn’t do barbecue, I can’t get Texas grub Just get me back to Texas because here I find no joy The pay is good but not enough for this North Sea cowboy (instrumental) There’s a gal in Galveston, a long way from here to shore She’s walking the floor for me with a Lone Star beer to pour I’m gonna waltz her across Galveston when I deploy Cause there ain’t no platform dance floor for this North Sea cowboy There’s no jukebox on this platform, I can’t hear Ernest Tubb The cook doesn’t do barbecue, I can’t get Texas grub Just get me back to Texas because here I find no joy The pay is good but not enough for this North Sea cowboy Yeah, get me back to Texas because here I find no joy The pay is good but not enough for this North Sea cowboy Take This Song From My Mind (Larry W. Jones 11/28/2011) (song#6437) (Take this song from my mind so I'll forget) Take this song from my mind so I’ll forget I was wronged by someone who now is free She’s now gone from me but I love her yet Take this song from my mind so I’ll forget Take this hurt from my heart that goes so deep Never thought this could be when we first met Something is wrong for I just cannot sleep Take this song from my mind so I’ll forget (instrumental) Help my mind find some peace and sympathy For with her mem’ry it is still beset She’s now gone and she took her love from me Take this song from my mind so I’ll forget Take this hurt from my heart that goes so deep Never thought this could be when we first met Something is wrong for I just cannot sleep Take this song from my mind so I’ll forget (Take this song from my mind so I’ll forget) When I Stop Loving You (Larry W. Jones 11/28/2011) (song#6438) If no sand was in the desert, no water in the sea And if you didn’t make all of my dreams come true And dear, if you were not an angel sweet as you could be Then it’s true, that would be when I stop loving you If no stars were up above us, no golden moonlight glow And you were not an orchid, fresh as morning dew If no rose grew in the desert, no flakes in falling snow Then it’s true, that would be when I stop loving you (instrumental) If no stars were up above us, no golden moonlight glow And you were not an orchid, fresh as morning dew If no rose grew in the desert, no flakes in falling snow Then it’s true, that would be when I stop loving you But there is sand in the desert, there’s water in the sea And darling, you do make all of my dreams come true My dear, you are my special angel sweet as you can be So, time will never be when I stop loving you No, time will never be when I stop loving you Old Mustang Dan (Larry W. Jones 11/29/2011) (song#6439) Old Mustang Dan We’ve followed many rambling trails And you’ve thrown a few horseshoe nails Old Mustang Dan Old Mustang Dan I’ve heard your resounding hoof beats As if they were pounding heart beats Old Mustang Dan Yodel-adle-eedle-idle-oo Old Mustang Dan and I are on the trail again Yodel-adle-eedle-idle-oo But we’ll be back to where the rambling trail begins Old Mustang Dan (instrumental) We’ve always been a team, Old Mustang Dan and I Old Dan I’ve held in esteem as years have gone by Mustang and man, old western friends The way it will be till the end Old Mustang Dan (instrumental) Old Mustang Dan We’ve followed many rambling trails And you’ve thrown a few horseshoe nails Old Mustang Dan Old Mustang Dan I’ve heard your resounding hoof beats As if they were pounding heart beats Old Mustang Dan Yodel-adle-eedle-idle-oo Old Mustang Dan and I are on the trail again Yodel-adle-eedle-idle-oo But we’ll be back to where the rambling trail begins Old Mustang Dan This Old Saddle Of Mine (Larry W. Jones 11/29/2011) (song#6440) It’s served as a pillow for my tired, weary head Though I would have preferred a real pillow instead It’s been a chair when I had hardly time to dine It’s put up with the grind, this old saddle of mine This old saddle of mine doesn’t have fancy style But it’s been my companion for many a mile Yes, it has fought my fears and caught my salty tears And served as gear for songs, this old saddle of mine (instrumental) This old saddle of mine doesn’t have fancy style But it’s been my companion for many a mile Yes, it has fought my fears and caught my salty tears And served as gear for songs, this old saddle of mine Now, city folks who just don’t know Ask me if I’ve been in the saddle all my days And I tell them it ain’t for show This old saddle of mine has seen my cowboy ways From Texas to Wyoming and Calgary’s pines I’ve carried it, it’s carried me, this old saddle of mine This old saddle of mine Chisholm Cow Trail Driving Man (Larry W. Jones 11/30/2011) (song#6441) I stopped at a cantina on the Rio Grande Owned by el Lobo of the Comanchero band And there I heard Mariachi music playing A song about a cow trail driving man A senorita served me Chiapas coffee I said gracias and told her I liked the band That Mariachi song seemed to be about me I was a Chisholm cow trail driving man I had another cup of Chiapas coffee It was the best coffee along the Rio Grande Gave a silver dollar to the cantina band To play that cow trail driving man again (instrumental) Then I climbed back in the saddle on my pony And up the long, dusty Chisholm trail I was gone Had to meet up with the longhorns being driven To Kansas all the way from San Antone When I get to Kansas all will hear my story They’ll hear about the Chisholm trail and prairie land Then I’ll ride my pony back to old west Texas Cause I’m a Chisholm cow trail driving man I’ll have another cup of Chiapas coffee Cause it’s the best coffee along the Rio Grande Give a silver dollar to the cantina band To play that cow trail driving man again Time Has Turned On Me (Larry W. Jones 12/01/2011) (song#6442) Time has turned on me, time has kept your memory Nothing has been erased, you haven’t been replaced The fire’s still burning as the years keep on turning Time has turned on me and there is no victory My friends told me that Father Time would douse the flame But I doubt I’ll will ever cease to call her name And it’s been awhile since I opened my front door Time has turned on me for someone I still adore (instrumental) My friends told me that Father Time would douse the flame But I doubt I’ll will ever cease to call her name Time has turned on me, time has kept your memory Nothing has been erased, you haven’t been replaced The fire’s still burning as the years keep on turning Time has turned on me and there is no victory Time has turned on me Time has turned on me Top Of Your Mountain (Larry W. Jones 12/01/2011) (song#6443) You went up to where I couldn’t reach you You didn’t give love enough time I see you on the top of your mountain But there is no way I can climb My dreams were visions of sweetest grandeur I dreamed that our love song would rhyme You went up to where I couldn’t reach you And there is no way I can climb No, there is no way I can climb Darling, who was the stranger who took you Just when I thought that things were fine I didn’t know how low things could look too On a mountain too high to climb On a mountain too high to climb (instrumental) My dreams were visions of sweetest grandeur I dreamed that our love song would rhyme You went up to where I couldn’t reach you And there is no way I can climb No, there is no way I can climb You went up to where I couldn’t reach you You didn’t give love enough time I see you on the top of your mountain But there is no way I can climb No, there is no way I can climb Satin And Stone (Larry W. Jones 12/01/2011) (song#6444) She’s satin and stone, sweetheart and rock miner strong Persian cat and mountain cougar in a sarong She’s satin and stone, she’s why I keep coming home At times she’s like a baby, I don’t mean maybe I like her the most when she’s that way At times she’s as hard as flint, her eyes get a glint Lover and protector, come what may She’s satin and stone, sweetheart and rock miner strong Persian cat and mountain cougar in a sarong She’s satin and stone, she’s why I keep coming home (instrumental) She’s easy on my skin like a warm summer breeze She must be next of kin to a dream meant to please If someone comes between, they just drew the black bean She’s not like any other woman that I’ve seen She’s satin and stone, sweetheart and rock miner strong Persian cat and mountain cougar in a sarong She’s satin and stone, she’s why I keep coming home Persian cat and mountain cougar in a sarong She’s satin and stone, she’s why I keep coming home Never Been To Nashville (Larry W. Jones 12/01/2011) (song#6445) Well, I've never been to Nashville But I have been to Music Row Because I go there every time I turn on my old radio The worn out dial must be broken I've turned it far as it can go It's stuck on the Grand Ole Opry When old Hank Williams stole the show No, I've never been to Nashville But I have been to Music Row I’ve walked the stage of the Ryman With an Uncle Dave Macon’s show I’ve waited for an outbound train By Jimmy Rodgers water tank I’ve waltzed the miles across Texas And I’ve got Ernest Tubb to thank (instrumental) Well, I've never been to Nashville But I have been to Music Row Cause for years I’ve been movin’ on With yodeling ranger Hank Snow Roy Acuff sang Great Speckled Bird And Patsy Cline fell to pieces The Grand Ole Opry I have heard Had a thousand stars releases Well, I've never been to Nashville But I have been to Music Row Because I go there every time I turn on my old radio The worn out dial must be broken I've turned it far as it can go It's stuck on the Grand Ole Opry When old Hank Williams stole the show Drive Away In Reverse When You Go (Larry W. Jones 12/02/2011) (song#6446) I believe it’s better to hide the truth Some lies taste sweeter than a Baby Ruth My love mansion’s tall and will never fall My hopes are sky high and will never crawl So, drive away in reverse when you go Don’t go changing gears or my tears will flow I’ll make believe you’re driving in real slow So, drive away in reverse when you go (instrumental) Now, you drove my heart to believe in you And love’s treasure trove I believed was true I don’t want to see a hearse full of woe So, drive away in reverse when you go Dear, drive away in reverse when you go Don’t go changing gears or my tears will flow I’ll make believe you’re driving in real slow So, drive away in reverse when you go Western Horizons Are All Gone (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2011) (song#6447) Where oh where have gone the bronco wranglers Saddle tramps, rodeo champs and strangers Just as in defeat at Saratoga The same is for the big Conestoga Western horizons are all gone And just where have gone the colt forty fives That blazed across the west and counted lives Oh, where is the sod of the prairie home And where have the buffalo gone to roam Western horizons are all gone (instrumental) Now, where have gone the riders in the sky Well, I guess they’ve gone to the bye and bye When is the next big roundup in Springtime Time has ground up what was both yours and mine Western horizons are all gone Where oh where have gone the bronco wranglers Saddle tramps, rodeo champs and strangers And just where have gone the colt forty fives That blazed across the west and counted lives Now, where have gone the riders in the sky Well, I guess they’ve gone to the bye and bye Western horizons are all gone Western horizons have all come and gone We Made Memories (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2011) (song#6448) We made memories but I don’t remember when We made memories that now are only have been Oh, now that I’m alone, my memory has flown We made memories but I don’t remember when There’s no memories in this apartment, for sure Because if there were, my mind would not be obscure Dear, I can’t recall why you told me all those lies And now I don’t remember the love in your eyes We made memories but I don’t remember when We made memories that now are only have been Oh, now that I’m alone, my memory has flown We made memories but I don’t remember when (instrumental) There are no memories in this small sidewalk café I don’t remember why you had to walk away You gave no reason but I recall the season Although I don’t remember the specific day We made memories but I don’t remember when We made memories that now are only have been Oh, now that I’m alone, my memory has flown We made memories but I don’t remember when Front Range Of The Rockies (Larry W. Jones 12/03/2011) (song#6449) The front range of the Rockies call to me As early summer days come rolling by The front range breeze, ponderosa pine trees Blow and grow in blue Colorado skies The front range of the Rockies call to me And that is where soon I will be Beauty and peace is there for all to see In the front range of the Rockies There, summer days call just like an old friend Who wonders why I’ve been away so long And I say, it’s good to be back again To hear the front range of the Rockies song (instrumental) The front range of the Rockies call to me And that is where soon I will be Beauty and peace is there for all to see In the front range of the Rockies There, summer days call just like an old friend Who wonders why I’ve been away so long And I say, it’s good to be back again To hear the front range of the Rockies song Farewell Bells Are Tolling (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2011) (song#6450) The bon voyage you’re on will be happy Sailing out to sea and there change your name There’ll be fine champagne to make things merry I’ll see you sail but you won’t know I came Farewell bells are tolling at the harbor And dear, I know they toll for you and me For down the deck I know you’re now strolling With someone else you’ll wed when out to sea (instrumental) Dear, I dreamed of you and me together And we would be that way for eternity I never dreamed time would slip the tether And you would sail away upon the sea The captain of the ship will give roses And sweet perfume will fill the salty air As you depart my dream of love closes For dear, I know that someone else is there (instrumental) Farewell bells are tolling at the harbor And dear, I know they toll for you and me For down the deck I know you’re now strolling With someone else you’ll wed when out to sea Farewell bells are tolling at the harbor And dear, I know they toll for you and me Inbound Train (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2011) (song#6451) Oh my darling, why have you been gone so long Why have you been gone so long Was it quarreling or have I done you wrong Why have you been gone so long Now, when I hear that inbound train whistle moan I look out my window, ring my hands and groan I hear that rush of steam that endears a dream Oh my darling, why have you been gone so long Oh my darling, why have you been gone so long Why have you been gone so long Was it quarreling or have I done you wrong Why have you been gone so long (instrumental) I heard an old friend say, buddy mend your ways Then he said that he had been to San Antone He said he saw you there, head up in the air You were on that inbound train so far from home Oh my darling, why have you been gone so long Why have you been gone so long Was it quarreling or have I done you wrong Why have you been gone so long He said he saw you there, head up in the air You were on that inbound train so far from home Johnny Ringo (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2011) (song#6452) The mob marched up to the old Tombstone jail Young Johnny Ringo would hang without fail They said he killed Morgan Earp, it was plain The mob said it was the end of his game Well, old Tombstone rang when the whole mob sang We won’t be tardy with Johnny Ringo’s hanging party We’ll hang him high and Johnny’s gonna die Cause he killed Morgan Earp and he did it mighty hearty The Tombstone sheriff tried to hold his ground But the mob was too many all around Well, Johnny Ringo didn’t bat an eye But his eyes closed when he was hung on high (instrumental) Johnny Ringo was buried in boot hill A year went by before the truth would spill Frank Stillwell and others killed Morgan Earp Johnny Ringo lay still beneath the earth Well, old Tombstone rang when the whole mob sang We won’t be tardy with Johnny Ringo’s hanging party We’ll hang him high and Johnny’s gonna die Cause he killed Morgan Earp and he did it mighty hearty Last Trail Ride (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2011) (song#6453) Adios, wide prairie, guess my last trail ride is nigh Gonna ride to one last roundup in the bye and bye My pony is the only thing left to give to you Adios compadres, guess my last trail ride is nigh Gonna burn my last brand on the nearest hide at hand And then pards, I’m gonna ride out o’er the Great Divide My saddle is the only thing left to give to you Adios compadres, guess my last trail ride is nigh Git along now little dogies, run and jump around My last trail ride is gonna cover a lot of ground (instrumental) Git along now little dogies, run and jump around My last trail ride is gonna cover a lot of ground Pards, I have seen the halo forming around the moon Gonna ride to one last roundup in the bye and bye Now I guess my bones will lay low and it’s coming soon Adios compadres, guess my last trail ride is nigh Adios, wide prairie, guess my last trail ride is nigh Gonna ride to one last roundup in the bye and bye My mem’ry is the only thing left to give to you Adios compadres, guess my last trail ride is nigh Lazybones (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2011) (song#6454) Well now boys, when the sun came up this mornin’ I found the shade of a cottonwood for me Way before noon the shade moved with no warnin’ So I just nailed it to the ground by the tree Lazybones, lazy summer lazybones Don’t know why but I’m lazy to the bone Maybe it’s the temperature, I’m not sure But I sure am feeling my lazybones The cows are in the pasture grazing nearby While occupied with lazy-ing, here am I I wish fishin’ was the hardest work I’ve known Cause boys, I sure am feeling my lazybones (instrumental) The cows are in the pasture grazing nearby While occupied with lazy-ing, here am I I wish fishin’ was the hardest work I’ve known Cause boys, I sure am feeling my lazybones Lazybones, lazy summer lazybones Don’t know why but I’m lazy to the bone Maybe it’s the temperature, I’m not sure But I sure am feeling my lazybones You Are My Book (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2011) (song#6455) Well, if I were to ever write a book Of someone who had the look of a queen The hook line would always mention your name And I would write it again and again For you are my book and you’re my love song There’ll be no ending no matter how long Dear, you are my book and you’re my love song And more chapters I’ll write all my life long (instrumental) Well, if I were to ever write a book No, it wouldn’t be about how to cook Unless we cooked up a love recipe And the ingredients were you and me For you are my book and you’re my love song There’ll be no ending no matter how long Dear, you are my book and you’re my love song And more chapters I’ll write all my life long I Didn’t Need To Be A Newborn To Weep (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2011) (song#6456) I didn’t need to be a newborn to weep All it took was a new morning without you I didn’t need to be a newborn to weep I can’t sleep cause I’m still deep in love with you I play Bo Peep but in dreams you disappear Dear, you left me with this broken heart for keeps I didn’t mean to cry all these lonely tears I didn’t need to be a newborn to weep I didn’t need to be a newborn to weep I can’t sleep cause I’m still deep in love with you (instrumental) I play Bo Peep but in dreams you disappear Dear, you left me with this broken heart for keeps I didn’t mean to cry all these lonely tears I didn’t need to be a newborn to weep I didn’t need to be a newborn to weep All it took was a new morning without you I didn’t need to be a newborn to weep I can’t sleep cause I’m still deep in love with you Oregon Trail (Larry W. Jones 12/09/2011) (song#6457) (Rolling west) West to Oregon (Rolling west) West to Oregon West to Oregon, rolling west on the Oregon Trail Young Jim Bridger left Missouri in 1822 With Jedediah Smith and Jeremiah Johnson too They crossed the Powder River and found the Yellowstone Where Conestoga wagons would roll on the way to Oregon Jim crossed the Wasatch mountains with the Great Salt Lake down south below He led his team of trappers on the trail where Conestogas roll The western skies were blue and bright on the new trail to Oregon Old Jim Bridger was a famous mountain man in 1851 On the Oregon trail winding, Conestoga tracks are grinding West to Oregon, rolling west to Oregon (Rolling west) West to Oregon (Rolling west) West to Oregon West to Oregon, rolling west on the Oregon Trail (instrumental) Jim Bridger looked at Jed with a fur pelt in his hand Said Jed, you’re now looking at a lonely mountain man Jed, I’d trade all the fur trapped in this great western land For Oregon and a sweet Shoshone maiden’s hand A mountain man gets lonely just trapping all the time Now Jedediah, a woman’s love can’t be a crime And I would build for that maiden a fine pinewood home Where skies are blue and bright on the trail to Oregon On the Oregon trail winding, Conestoga tracks are grinding West to Oregon, rolling west to Oregon2 (Rolling west) West to Oregon (Rolling west) West to Oregon West to Oregon, rolling west on the Oregon Trail West to Oregon, rolling west to Oregon West to Oregon, rolling west on the Oregon Trail Rock-A-Bye Rocking Chair (Larry W. Jones 12/10/2011) (song#6458) Bye bye troubles and bye bye cares Worries fly ‘way in my rock-a-bye rocking chair A daily double millionaire Down in Dixie in my rock-a-bye rocking chair All my neighbors say Howdy do I just wave them back and ask, buddy How are you This life sho is fun, I declare It’s a slow run in my rock-a-bye rocking chair Rocking slow and sleepy, feeling the time go by Old front porch is creaking rock-a-bye lullabys Don’t you wake me up til my supper gets prepared I’m in Dixie in my rock-a-bye rocking chair (instrumental) All my neighbors say Howdy do I just wave them back and ask, buddy How are you This life sho is fun, I declare It’s a slow run in my rock-a-bye rocking chair Rocking slow and sleepy, feeling the time go by Old front porch is creaking rock-a-bye lullabys Don’t you wake me up til my supper gets prepared I’m in Dixie in my rock-a-bye rocking chair Bygone Western Days (Larry W. Jones 12/10/2011) (song#6459) I pause and turn my gaze To trails I’ve ridden on And I then view old ways Of western days bygone They were my golden years Of youth without a care For bygone western days Oh how I wish were here I pause and turn my gaze And I still see you there So young we were when we Had life and love to share Down those old trails I ride With my mind’s tearful eye For bygone western days While my heart for you cries (instrumental) I pause and turn my gaze To trails I’ve ridden on And I then view old ways Of western days bygone Down those old trails I ride With my mind’s tearful eye For bygone western days While my heart for you cries Down those old trails I ride With my mind’s tearful eye For bygone western days While my heart for you cries Moonlight On The Plains (Larry W. Jones 12/10/2011) (song#6460) From times olden, something golden Is beholden in the night sky I’m a-knowin’, the moon glowin’ Comes a-rising for his night ride Night time will come when day is done It’s a cowboy’s domain Songs they will sing to guitar strings When moonlight’s on the plains Moonlight on the plains, cowboy guitar strains Moonlight on the plains, western tunes again Around the campfire is heard their refrains Cowboys sing their songs til the night is well along While the moon is on the rise, hear cowboy’s reprise When it’s moonlight on the plains (instrumental) Night time will come when day is done It’s a cowboy’s domain Songs they will sing to guitar strings When moonlight’s on the plains Moonlight on the plains, cowboy guitar strains Moonlight on the plains, western tunes again Around the campfire is heard their refrains Cowboys sing their songs til the night is well along While the moon is on the rise, hear cowboy’s reprise When it’s moonlight on the plains The Fool Who Wonders Why (Larry W. Jones 12/10/2001) (song#6461) Forgive me if I’m mistaken on your reason for goodbye I’ve awakened to the reason why I cry Our love song was just a dream that lived and died Here and now I’m just the fool who wonders why Here and now I’m just the fool who’s still in love with you I’ve learned a lot that time forgot since our love was through Yes, I’m just the fool who watched as our love died Here and now I’m just the fool who wonders why (instrumental) Forgive me if I’m mistaken on your reason for goodbye I’ve awakened to the reason why I cry Our love song was just a dream that lived and died Here and now I’m just the fool who wonders why Our love song was just a dream that lived and died Here and now I’m just the fool who wonders why I’m just the fool who wonders why I Must Walk Alone (Larry W. Jones 12/10/2001) (song#6462) We’re walking down two diff’rent paths They never cross, we’re far apart You once loved me but dear, somehow You must have had a change of heart So love, I guess I’ll live my life Before my love of you was known My darling, we must end this strife Or my dear, I must walk alone Dear, you want me made over new You suppose that my life is wrong I’m sorry but with choices few I doubt that we will get along Dear, please don’t try to change my ways Or the sad ending of my song My darling, please love me always Or my dear, I must walk alone (instrumental) Dear, you want me made over new You suppose that my life is wrong I’m sorry but with choices few I doubt that we will get along Dear, try to see my side of life And if you do, don’t pity me If you don’t wish to be my wife Then I wish that you’d set me free I guess we must loose the tether Of a sweet dream that now has flown So, my darling, tell me whether I stay or I must walk alone Last Time I felt My Heart (Larry W. Jones 12/11/2011) (song#6463) Dear, the last time I felt my heart Was when I felt your loving kiss I felt my heart was full of bliss Never thought it would feel remiss But now that you are not around I feel my heart is on the ground Dear, the last time I felt my heart Was when I felt your loving arms For it was then I felt your charms And my heart had no false alarms But now that I’ve been left alone I feel my heart is almost gone (instrumental) Dear, why did you go And where, I don’t know Since you are not around I feel my heart is on the ground Oh please return, I beg of you My heart still feels that you want to Dear, now that you are not around I can’t live with this heart I found Lying and dieing on the ground The last time I felt my heart was When I fell in love in you Burlington Northern And Santa Fe (Larry W. Jones 12/11/2011) (song#6464) Well boys, I’m along for the ride I guess it belongs in my hide To see the scenes along the way Out across the prairie somewhere Where there’s only fresh and clean air On the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe When that BNSF gets up her steam It’s as if she bids the station farewell I’m in elation as her whistle screams When she’s outbound full speed o’er hill and dale How I love to see the full moon at night And then feel the Pullman car rock and sway In the day tumbleweeds roll into sight On the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (instrumental) As the prairie rolls by I wonder why Why I so love the old Santa Fe trail I suppose the reason is cut and dried I’m just along for the ride on the rail Well boys, I’m along for the ride I guess it belongs in my hide To see the scenes along the way Out across the prairie somewhere Where there’s only fresh and clean air On the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Out On The Purple Sage Sea (Larry W. Jones 12/11/2011) (song#6465) Out on the purple sage sea, just wild cows and me Where the whippoorwill calls and the winter snow falls That’s the place where I really don’t mind if I be I’m a saddleback rider, wild cattle driver Out on the purple sage sea Out on the purple sage sea, nothing gets me down Cause I never frown far from the bustle of town For miles I can see and the fresh air there is free I’m a saddleback rider, wild cattle driver Out on the purple sage sea (instrumental) Out on the purple sage sea, the skies are deep blue Where my problems are few and saddle pals are true I raise my soul from my bedroll, fresh as can be I’m a saddleback rider, wild cattle driver Out on the purple sage sea Out on the purple sage sea, the wide open range Where cowboys gaze on western ways that never change That’s the only place for me, where I’ll always be I’m a saddleback rider, wild cattle driver Out on the purple sage sea Heartbroken Waltz (Larry W. Jones 12/12/2011) (song#6466) Pardon me mi’lady, but you seem to be alone Please don’t harden your heart for I will do you no harm Is that a tear in your eye for one you’re thinking of Someone who left and took away your deep, caring love Come now mi’lady, and let us dance our cares away The band will play slowly while your blue skirt swings and sways We’ll make believe that we’re happy, though a love was lost Our paths have crossed so we can dance this heartbroken waltz (instrumental) I know mi’lady, he proved untrue and made you blue I too have lost someone and I feel the same as you Did he leave with no farewell and never saw you cry Well now mi’lady, your heart must feel the same as mine Come now mi’lady, and let us dance our cares away The band will play slowly while your blue skirt swings and sways We’ll make believe that we’re happy, though a love was lost Our paths have crossed so we can dance this heartbroken waltz For You’ll Be There (Larry W. Jones 12/13/2011) (song#6467) Someplace in that time unborn known as tomorrow Day will dawn on a morn and I will crave you so Then these empty years full of tears and such sorrow Will be as if time would know that I need you so And you’ll be there Age will turn a page and sweep back the veil of time You’ll walk, I know, into the afterglow of love I will touch your face, you’ll feel this embrace of mine For all the years that have been, love will live again For you’ll be there (instrumental) Til then I will watch the Winter shadows draw near Soon I will hear their call, come along, do not fear And what seems to the eye to be a blink in time Age will open a door, life will be as before Yes, you’ll be there Age will turn a page and sweep back the veil of time You’ll walk, I know, into the afterglow of love I will touch your face, you’ll feel this embrace of mine For all the years that have been, love will live again For you’ll be there Wreck On The Railroad (Larry W. Jones 12/14/2011) (song#6468) Now, what train was it, dear neighbor That passed the old depot on by When speed and a curve came together Did you see anyone cry I didn’t see nobody cry, neighbor I didn’t see nobody cry Oh, I heard the wreck on the railroad But I didn’t see nobody cry When I saw the wreck on the railroad I knew that engineer on the line The scene of awful destruction Will forever be marked here in my mind When speed and a curve come together Someone there will surely die Death was waiting there, neighbor But I didn’t see nobody cry I didn’t see nobody cry, neighbor I didn’t see nobody cry (instrumental) I wish this sad story, neighbor Was just a tale that was untrue Time goes on now for us, neighbor But the engineer’s life is through When speed and a curve come together Someone there will surely die Death was waiting there, neighbor But I didn’t see nobody cry His life’s end was by great disaster On the rails where he thought he could fly Oh, I saw the wreck on the railroad But I didn’t see nobody cry I didn’t see nobody cry, neighbor I didn’t see nobody cry Roses Of Blue (Larry W. Jones 12/15/2011) (song#6469) Blue are her violets but her roses are too And blue was the cold wind that took the love she knew Oh, they were so happy down there in the hollow Where they planted red roses and violets of blue But one day he left her and she couldn’t follow She’s alone with violets and roses of blue Blue are her violets but her roses are too Warm were his loving arms until he went away Blue are her violets but her roses are too And blue was the cold wind that took her love that day (instrumental) New violets and roses still grow in the ground But they’re twisted together around her front door And gone with the cold north wind, her love can’t be found She’s now alone with roses of blue evermore Oh, they were so happy down there in the hollow Where they planted red roses and violets of blue But one day he left her and she couldn’t follow She’s alone with violets and roses of blue Ears Don’t Listen (Larry W. Jones 12/15/2001) (song#6470) The sound I thought I’d never hear just came from far away I recall how I said that I knew she’d be gone someday She took my heart that’s calling for love and then left me here So, ears don’t listen to the falling of my tears I hear my teardrops falling to the rocky ground They call me to forgive and forget she was here But sounds they make say I’m the biggest fool around So, ears don’t listen to the falling of my tears (instrumental) She said her love was true but ears, you had to listen too Well, I guess she got tired of something that’s not very clear She was stalling for time to disappear into the blue So, ears don’t listen to the falling of my tears I hear my teardrops falling to the rocky ground They call me to forgive and forget she was here But sounds they make say I’m the biggest fool around So, ears don’t listen to the falling of my tears Watering Trough (Larry W. Jones 12/15/2011) (song#6471) Boys, the first western town I rode into The big angry mob was hangin’ a man They didn’t know what he was guilty of But his hangin’ sure was their plan I washed my hands in the watering trough And my mind in the mornin’ sun I watched him die, his smile went off And then I went ridin’ along Boys, the next western town I rode into They were pickin’ on a poor drunken man He was just a beggar out on the street They didn’t care for dogs or man I washed my hands in the watering trough And my mind in the mornin’ sun I watched him beg and heard him cough And then I went ridin’ along (instrumental) Boys, the third western town I rode into It was so full of lies and filthy vice The outlaws were rich and the poor were poor So boys, I took my own advice I washed my hands in the watering trough And my mind in the mornin’ sun I watched outlaws rob poor and scoff And then I went ridin’ along Boys, I don’t know if ways will ever change But I sure hope that time ain’t very far Cause the lawless ways of today’s home range Will soon answer before the bar I’ll wash my hands in the watering trough And my mind in the mornin’ sun I’ll watch the wrongs be written off And then I’ll go ridin’ along I’ll wash my hands in the watering trough And my mind in the mornin’ sun Cowboy John Barleycorn (Larry W. Jones 12/16/2011) (song#6472) On a midsummer night in big wide Montana The dusty old town of Billings seems so forlorn In a broke down cabin tying his bandana Is a cowboy the locals call John Barleycorn Now, there’s a lady in Missoula he knows well Around her finger a small band of gold was worn Why she left him, no one in Missoula can tell There’s a whiskey smell on cowboy John Barleycorn (instrumental) John Barleycorn calls it medicine for his ills The taste makes John happy when he begins to mourn He’s in love with the lady from Missoula still Whiskey fills the bill for cowboy John Barleycorn Now, there’s a lady in Missoula he knows well Around her finger a small band of gold was worn Why she left him, no one in Missoula can tell There’s a whiskey smell on cowboy John Barleycorn He’s in love with the lady from Missoula still Whiskey fills the bill for cowboy John Barleycorn Daisy (Larry W. Jones 12/16/2011) (song#6473) Well, it ain’t gonna be a long ride now Not nearly as long as this trail has been The tale I’m a-tellin’ may sound crazy But I’ve got a feelin’ that love’s in bloom Days of the year are a-comin’ on June And growin’ down the trail is a daisy A daisy is growin’ beside the trail Sweetest girl this side of the Great Divide Daisy is the girl in this cowboy’s tale Now all this cowboy has to do is ride (instrumental) Well, it ain’t gonna be a long ride now Not nearly as long as this trail has been The tale I’m a-tellin’ may sound crazy But I’ve got a feelin’ that love’s in bloom Days of the year are a-comin’ on June And growin’ down the trail is a daisy A daisy is growin’ beside the trail Daisy is the girl in this cowboy’s tale Daisy is the girl in this cowboy’s tale Daisy is the girl in this cowboy’s tale My Head Is Where I Hang My Hat (Larry W. Jones 12/16/2011) (song#6474) Now, most guys hang their hat at home But for me that ain’t where it’s at True love is dead and I’m alone My head is where I hang my hat Home was a place where No was right There’s no trace of a welcome mat I’m down the road and out of sight My head is where I hang my hat (instrumental) Oh, she loved me awhile back there But in time it was just combat More cold and rain is in the air My head is where I hang my hat Home was a place where No was right There’s no trace of a welcome mat I’m down the road and out of sight My head is where I hang my hat I’m down the road and out of sight My head is where I hang my hat I Remember When I Forgot About You (Larry W. Jones 12/16/2011) (song#6475) Dear, I remember when I told you I’d forget about your love that proved untrue But now my dear, when I can’t hold you I remember when I forgot about you I keep remembering that you’ve been forgotten in my mind I keep remembering that I’ve forgotten your lovely charms I keep remembering that I’d forget about you in time I remember when I forgot about you in my arms (instrumental) I’ve forgotten just how many nights I have walked the floor I remember I said I’d forget about feeling blue I’ve forgotten what day it was that you walked out the door I remember when I forgot about a love once true Dear, I remember when I told you I’d forget about your love that proved untrue But now my dear, when I can’t hold you I remember when I forgot about you But now my dear, when I can’t hold you I remember when I forgot about you Barnyard Bash (Larry W. Jones 12/17/2011) (song#6476) Now, I popped the stopper on my corn mash whopper And I took a big swaller with it on my arm I did a little waller, tried not to drop ‘er Cause by then my head was a-feelin’ mighty warm I wobbled to the barn, my whopper on my arm To try and hide my good corn mash Now I mean no harm but it was a funny farm They were havin’ a barnyard bash Right in the middle was Chicken Little Doin’ a big do-si-do A calf was bawlin’ while a rat was callin’ The square dance on the floor I’ll be darn, every critter in the barn Was dancin’ the chicken scratch Now, I’ll blame this yarn on what’s on my arm A whopper of good corn mash (instrumental) Well, I went to my bunk bed feelin’ almost dead Head was dancin’ the chicken scratch Now, with much fright, I dreamed all night upon my bed We were havin’ a barnyard bash I wobbled to the barn, my whopper on my arm To try and hide my good corn mash Now I mean no harm but it was a funny farm They were havin’ a barnyard bash Right in the middle was Chicken Little Doin’ a big do-si-do A calf was bawlin’ while a rat was callin’ The square dance on the floor I’ll be darn, every critter in the barn Was dancin’ the chicken scratch Now, I’ll blame this yarn on what’s on my arm A whopper of good corn mash We were havin’ a barnyard bash Oh Gloomy Moon (Larry W. Jones 12/17/2011) (song#6477) Oh gloomy moon, you rise tonight in gloomy skies How can a love that dies be so long remembered Oh gloomy moon, these tears that fall from gloomy eyes Are the ties that remain from love’s fading embers All people dream imperfect things of paradise But in the scheme of perfect things they pay the price Oh gloomy moon, you rise tonight in gloomy skies How can a love that dies be so long remembered Oh gloomy moon, these tears that fall from gloomy eyes Are just ties that remain from love’s fading embers (instrumental) All people dream imperfect things of paradise But in the scheme of perfect things they pay the price Oh gloomy moon, you rise tonight in gloomy skies How can a love that dies be so long remembered Oh gloomy moon, these tears that fall from gloomy eyes Are just ties that remain from love’s fading embers Oh gloomy moon, oh gloomy moon Why can’t a love that dies be over soon On The Far Side Of The World (Larry W. Jones 12/17/2011) (song#6478) A drifting wind blew in and then I felt it gently stroke my hair I whispered dear, you’re really near Though on the far side of the world An orchid grew as if it knew Its beauty would soon be unfurled Just as your lips are kissed with dew Though on the far side of the world I’ve made a vow I keep til now That I will wait for your return I promised too to love you true Though on the far side of the world (instrumental) Each night in prayer I see you there And then my mind gets in a whirl I see your face, feel your embrace Though on the far side of the world I’ve made a vow I keep til now That I will wait for your return I promised too to love you true Though on the far side of the world I promised too to love you true Though on the far side of the world Inside The Jester Lives The Fool (Larry W. Jones 12/17/2011) (song#6479) Now I know that inside the jester lives the fool For fools like me, that must be the fool’s golden rule Oh, I tried to be the jester just yesterday But the jester is just a fool who has to pay Now I break down and cry when your mem’ry appears I’m a fool to think I can hide my lonely tears Oh, I tried to be the jester just yesterday I’m still the fool today who let you walk away (instrumental) Now I know that inside the jester lives the fool Now I know how it feels to be feeling so blue A jester will laugh until his heart breaks in half And this fool’s foolish heart is broken over you Now I know that inside the jester lives the fool For fools like me, that must be the fool’s golden rule Oh, I tried to be the jester just yesterday But the jester is just a fool who has to pay Oh, I tried to be the jester just yesterday But the jester is just a fool who has to pay All A Part Of You (Larry W. Jones 12/18/2011) (song#6480) I kept the letter that you mailed Read between the lines sadly veiled I wept when the reading was through For it was all a part of you I kept the picture that you left It’s by my heart upon the shelf I slept on your old pillow too For it was all a part of you My dear, it hurts to think of how You no longer need my love now A year has passed and I’m still blue For it was all a part of you (instrumental) My dear, it hurts to think of how You no longer need my love now A year has passed and I’m still blue For it was all a part of you I find no joy in living now But I forgive you anyhow All that I have is love still true For it was all a part of you All that I have is love still true For it was all a part of you Whenever (Larry W. Jones 12/18/2011) (song#6481) Whenever your world gets lowly Whenever your whole world seems like it’s falling down Whenever your steps go slowly That will be the time when you’ll find me coming round Whenever you’re dreaming of me Whenever your blue dreams seem like they’re turning true Whenever yearning turns the key That will be the time when I will return to you Whenever your past is behind Whenever your last wish for love is almost through Whenever you make up your mind That will be the time I have wished for me and you (instrumental) Whenever your past is behind Whenever your last wish for love is almost through Whenever you make up your mind That will be the time I have wished for me and you Whenever you’re dreaming of me Whenever your blue dreams seem like they’re turning true Whenever yearning turns the key That will be the time when I will return to you Spring Branding (Larry W. Jones 12/19/2011) (song#6482) Now, Winter’s done and Spring roundup’s begun All the new dogies have to be branded Keep them ashes stirred cause the whole dern herd Is in the corral with fence expanded Keep that brand red hot, tie their legs with knots Boys, keep that brand red hot for Spring branding Keep that brand red hot, boys Keep that brand red hot Tie their legs with knots, boys Keep that brand red hot When the last cow bawls and the Cookie calls To the kettle and coffee we’re runnin’ If Cookie’s apple pie is too dern dry For his Chinese hide we’ll all be gunnin’ Tie his legs with knots, boys Keep that brand red hot Keep that brand red hot, boys Keep that brand red hot Tie their legs with knots, boys Keep that brand red hot When we’ve had our sup and the moon comes up The boys ‘n me’ll be toward town ridin’ It’ll be bottoms up from an old tin cup And in the town jail we might be hidin’ Tie our legs with knots, boys Keep that brand red hot Keep that brand red hot, boys Keep that brand red hot Tie their legs with knots, boys Keep that brand red hot When tomorrow comes boss’ll bail us out He’ll toss us all in the corral, no doubt But then he’ll say, I remember the day Boys, just like you, I too was young and stout Tie their legs with knots, boys Keep that brand red hot Keep that brand red hot, boys Keep that brand red hot Tie their legs with knots, boys Keep that brand red hot I’ve got his legs tied cowboy Now brand ‘im while it’s red hot Take The Short Cut Shorty (Larry W. Jones 12/19/2011) (song#6483) Now, Shorty was a sporty country lad Ben, his city kin, was a cut above Miss Mary was a recent high school grad Ben and Shorty both ran for Mary’s love Well, Ben musta been good makin’ money And his looks looked good dressed in college plaid But Shorty’s the lad Mary called honey Guess he had somethin’ that Ben never had Take the short cut, Shorty, take the short cut Those are the words Shorty heard from Mary Take the short cut, Shorty, take the short cut Shorty, it’s you that I wanna marry Now, Ben had been a champion in the mile And he never had come in second place He knew he could beat Shorty in high style And there would be egg on old Shorty’s face Well, Ben had been running for quite a while Shorty saw Ben’s legs flying way ahead Ben kept on running with his grinning smile He knew to Miss Mary he’d soon be wed Take the short cut, Shorty, take the short cut Those are the words Shorty heard from Mary Take the short cut, Shorty, take the short cut Shorty, it’s you that I wanna marry If Shorty was troubled, it didn’t show He doubled down the shortcut with no care Now, Ben had been running but didn’t know That he’d come up short cause Shorty was there Take the short cut, Shorty, take the short cut Those are the words Shorty heard from Mary Take the short cut, Shorty, take the short cut Shorty, it’s you that I wanna marry Come Sundown (Larry W. Jones 12/20/2011) (song#6484) Well, here’s the end of day once more Gentle thoughts come my way once more Sweet dreams come around once more come sundown My memory is crystal clear It’s filled with visions of you, dear Yesteryear is somehow here come sundown Sundown is the time of day I always wait for Sundown is the time when I miss you dear, once more I dream of yesteryear and one I still adore I feel it’s now my duty to view each sundown’s beauty Especially when I see your silhouette come sundown (instrumental) Sundown is the time of day I always wait for Sundown is the time when I miss you dear, once more I dream of yesteryear and one I still adore Well, here’s the end of day once more Gentle thoughts come my way once more Sweet dreams come around once more come sundown My memory is crystal clear It’s filled with visions of you, dear Yesteryear is somehow here come sundown March Along Longhorn Cattle (Larry W. Jones 12/20/2011) (song#6485) Another hundred miles to go You cows are moving way too slow March along longhorn cattle, march along And when we reach that railroad track Only I will be coming back March along longhorn cattle, march along Your first cattle drive is your last You’ll be full of clover and grass March along longhorn cattle, march along You’ll make good stew when you all pass So, don’t you give me no more sass March along longhorn cattle, march along Now, it was not so long ago Your brand new brands were all aglow March along longhorn cattle, march along Your hide was lean but now it’s round I mean to fetch two bits a pound March along longhorn cattle, march along (instrumental) Your first cattle drive is your last You’ll be full of clover and grass March along longhorn cattle, march along You’ll make good stew when you all pass So, don’t you give me no more sass March along longhorn cattle, march along Now, it was not so long ago Your brand new brands were all aglow March along longhorn cattle, march along Your hide was lean but now it’s round I mean to fetch two bits a pound March along longhorn cattle, march along March along, March along March along longhorn cattle, march along It’s All Here In My Mind (Larry W. Jones 12/20/2011) (song#6486) Darling, dear dear darling My world is blue since you’re now gone Darling, dear dear darling Without you near, what do I own I own this lonely feeling way down deep inside It won’t go away, has felt this way a long time I can’t forget because my mind is in regret I still love you dear, cause it’s all here in my mind Darling, dear dear darling My world is blue since I lost you Darling, dear dear darling Without you near, what will I do (instrumental) I own this lonely feeling way down deep inside It won’t go away, has felt this way a long time I can’t forget because my mind is in regret I still love you dear, cause it’s all here in my mind Darling, dear dear darling My world is blue since I lost you Darling, dear dear darling Without you near, what will I do I can’t forget because my mind is in regret I still love you dear, cause it’s all here in my mind It’s all here in my mind It’s all here in my mind Weeping Willow Tree (Larry W. Jones 12/20/2011) (song#6487) My sweetheart now lives in the weeping willow tree My lonely heart goes there to hear her sing to me Like a sailor’s song out on a calm, peaceful sea Her memory lives in the weeping willow tree When love is torn apart by death forevermore Hearts will weep for the love of one so long adored How can love songs come from a weeping willow tree Though contrary to nature, it won’t let me be So, it’s there I go, just the willow tree and me My sweetheart now lives in the weeping willow tree (instrumental) When love is torn apart by death forevermore Hearts will weep for the love of one so long adored When I heard the song of the weeping willow tree It stirred within my heart the love she had for me Only time will tell when I’ll hear death’s tolling bell Our song will then knell from the weeping willow tree How can love songs come from a weeping willow tree Though contrary to nature, it won’t let me be So, it’s there I go, just the willow tree and me My sweetheart now lives in the weeping willow tree Nee ee see ee koo wu (Larry W. Jones 12/20/2011) (song#6488) Many moons ago there lived an Arapaho A young brave who loved an Indian maid For the daughter of a chief, his love was but brief Down to the sacred water she once strayed Nee ee see ee koo wu, voice of clear lake waters The clear lake was jealous of the songs her voice made Nee ee see ee koo wu, voice of clear lake waters From by her brave, the lake took the Indian maid Nee ee see ee koo wu, Arapaho now call her To her dear songs, clear lake waters laid claim In ripples on the water, her voice now bestirs Nee ee see ee koo wu, they call her name (instrumental) Nee ee see ee koo wu, voice of clear lake waters The clear lake was jealous of the songs her voice made Nee ee see ee koo wu, voice of clear lake waters From by her brave, the lake took the Indian maid Her Indian brave looked in the clear lake water And there his eyes saw what looked like heaven’s daughter The songs he then heard in ripples upon the shore Will be sung by Arapaho forevermore Nee ee see ee koo wu, voice of clear lake waters Nee ee see ee koo wu Old Departed Trails (Larry W. Jones 12/20/2011) (song#6489) Old departed trails My thoughts recall from days long past Old departed trails Where saddle pals and I once passed Old departed trails5 I hear you call from somewhere in the blue I won’t forget for I remember you Old departed trails Old departed trails You bear hoofprints to places I have been Old departed trails Oh, how I wish to ride you once again Old departed trails Some day I’ll gather saddle pals, and then Together we will ride you til the end Old departed trails (instrumental) Old departed trails You bear hoofprints to places I have been Old departed trails Oh, how I wish to ride you once again Old departed trails Some day I’ll gather saddle pals, and then Together we will ride you til the end Old departed trails Some day I’ll gather saddle pals, and then Together we will ride you til the end Old departed trails Going Back To Texarkana (Larry W. Jones 12/20/2011) (song#6490) Well, I’m going back to Texarkana Just to see those old cotton fields of home Yeah, I’m going back to Texarkana Walk in my bare feet in that sandy loam Back in Texarkana’s where I was born In the middle of Texas cotton fields I’ll be in Texarkana in the morn And there I’ll view the snow white cotton yields A cotton field in bloom is beauty seen A cotton mill with loom is rarely seen Soon I’ll be looking at Louisiana Yeah, I’m going back to Texarkana (instrumental) Tonight I’ll dream by the Susquehanna Of those cotton fields in Texarkana Well, I’m going back to Texarkana Just to see those old cotton fields of home Yeah, I’m going back to Texarkana Walk in my bare feet in that sandy loam Yes, I’m going back to Texarkana Just to see those old cotton fields of home Grizzly Adams (Larry W. Jones 12/21/2011) (song#6491) Born in Massachusetts in old Medway Never had regrets that he didn’t stay Hunting and trapping in the wilds of Maine But in the wild west is where he found fame Grizzly, John Grizzly Adams High Sierras mountain man In eighteen twelve Grizzly Adams was born Kin to the president, raised on a farm He grew up a leather smith making shoes And it served him well for the life he’d choose Grizzly, John Grizzly Adams High Sierras mountain man He headed for the gold in forty nine California’s the place where he would mine Young John went broke and then began to roam The High Sierras was his mountain home Grizzly, John Grizzly Adams High Sierras mountain man John established his camp at old Pinecrest And hunting down grizzlies was his new test He traded leather of harness and packs For everything needed in tracking tracks Grizzly, John Grizzly Adams High Sierras mountain man Grizzly looked the man in his buckskin pants He was in demand in all Spanish grants He tamed grizzly bears and put on big shows None compared with the man in buckskin clothes Grizzly, John Grizzly Adams High Sierras mountain man Silent now, the grizzly mountain man lays Few mountain men ever quite lived his ways Tamed grizzly bears in his natural prime The High Sierras still sing of his time Grizzly, John Grizzly Adams High Sierras mountain man Careless Love Song (Larry W. Jones 12/21/2011) (song#6492) Love song, love song, oh careless love song Love song, love song Why don’t you care that she’s gone Songs make me cry, love songs make me cry Songs make me cry Careless love songs make me cry Pain fills my heart, oh pain fills my heart Pain fills my heart My love and I are apart (instrumental) I have no one, oh I have no one I have no one My whole world has come undone How I still long, oh how I still long How I still long To hear one caring love song Love song, love song, oh careless love song Love song, love song Why don’t you care that she’s gone When It’s Time To Face The Music (Larry W. Jones 12/22/2011) (song#6493) When it’s time to face the music, I’ll be gone, dear For there will be no trace of me around your door I couldn’t bear to see the tears you’ll be crying Over an old flame I must answer to you for She just dropped by on her way to New Your City And I didn’t know a spark would so quickly grow Even though I know I’ll pay, it’s still a pity When it’s time to face the music, I’ll be no show It’s so cold this time of year in New York City But my dear, that old flame is burning in my heart I know the scene that’s churning will not be pretty When it’s time to face the music, it’s time to part (instrumental) She just dropped by on her way to New Your City And I didn’t know a spark would so quickly grow Even though I know I’ll pay, it’s still a pity When it’s time to face the music, I’ll be no show It’s so cold this time of year in New York City But my dear, that old flame is burning in my heart I know the scene that’s churning will not be pretty When it’s time to face the music, it’s time to part When I Draw My Top Hand Pay (Larry W. Jones 12/22/2011) (song#6494) Dressed in my best western suit, polished up my boots Riding to town, come what may I’ll bring my saddle pals, we’ll swing those pretty gals When I draw my top hand pay Been feeling kinda rusty, throat’s kinda dusty Time for makin’ more than hay I’ll be two step dancing, step up my romancing When I draw my top hand pay What’s a cowboy need when he’s through with cattle feed Well boys, hear is what I say Go to town and mingle with our payday jingle When I draw my top hand pay (instrumental) Dressed in my best western suit, polished up my boots Riding to town, come what may I’ll bring my saddle pals, we’ll swing those pretty gals When I draw my top hand pay Some girl with golden hair I’ll soon be holdin’ there And this boys, is what she’ll say Cowboy where have you been, won’t you please come again When you draw your top hand pay Apple Fritters In The Morning (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2011) (song#6495) Nothing could be fitter Than Mama’s apple fritters in the morning It has that sugar glitter, never bitter Makes me twitter in the morning When the clock alarms The smell is nice and warm in the morning When the sun through window shines Nothing is as fine as apple fritters in the morning Apple fritters gets me feelin’ burly Sets the world a-whirly early in the morning If ah had ma druthers I’d druther have my mother’s apple fritters Each one is a pinch hitter in the morning (instrumental) Apple fritters gets me feelin’ burly Sets the world a-whirly early in the morning If ah had ma druthers I’d druther have my mother’s apple fritters Each one is a pinch hitter in the morning Nothing could be fitter Nothing beats that glitter Than Mama’s apple fritters Than Mama’s apple fritters Than Mama’s apple fritters in the morning Sunny Sarasota (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2011) (song#6496) Oh, take me back to sunny Sarasota Breakin’ ice ain’t my knack in Minnesota Sarasota’s way down in that sunshine state Give me some sunny sunshine and fishin’ bait Oh, take me back to sunny Sarasota, I can’t wait I’ll be in Sarasota, drink key lime soda All day in the sunny Sarasota sun Oh, take me back to sunny Sarasota Breakin’ ice ain’t my knack in Minnesota Oh, take me back to sunny Sarasota, I’ll have fun Oh, there ain’t no place that I love more dearly In Sarasota I can think more clearly Oh, when I’m back in sunny Sarasota, I’ll have fun (instrumental) I’ll be in Sarasota, drink key lime soda All day in the sunny Sarasota sun Oh, take me back to sunny Sarasota Breakin’ ice ain’t my knack in Minnesota Oh, take me back to sunny Sarasota, I’ll have fun Oh, there ain’t no place that I love more dearly In Sarasota I can think more clearly Oh, when I’m back in sunny Sarasota, I’ll have fun Oh, take me back to sunny Sarasota Oh, when I’m back in sunny Sarasota When I’m back in sunny Sarasota, I’ll have fun Square Dance Call (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2011) (song#6497) Four couples are dancing, the caller’s announcing The next step for one and all Their boots are a-scootin’ and folks are a-hootin’ In time with his square dance call He plays his old forty fives to keep them alive Down at the old timers hall They all do-si-do with harmony in their flow In time with his square dance call For years he’s been calling while never moth balling His record player so small He brings out the best when the song’s words are expressed In time with his square dance call (instrumental) He plays his old forty fives to keep them alive Down at the old timers hall They all do-si-do with harmony in their flow In time with his square dance call He’s old as the prairie but he’s always cheery His voice is a cowboy’s drawl He never married and they’ll sing when he’s buried In time with his square dance call Wide Prairie (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2011) (song #6498) Come along and ride with me o’re the wide prairie Where the whippoorwill calls and a cowboy rides free Now boys, when I die, don’t you cry or pity me Just bury me where it’s dry on the wide prairie This old cowboy has no home, for I had to roam Along some far and distant trails that beckoned me Where rattlesnakes coiled and strong campfire coffee boiled I reckon I just belonged on the wide prairie (instrumental) This old cowboy has no home, for I had to roam Along some far and distant trails that beckoned me Come along and ride with me o’re the wide prairie Where the whippoorwill calls and a cowboy rides free Now boys, when I die, don’t you cry or pity me Just bury me where it’s dry on the wide prairie Now boys, when I die, don’t you cry or pity me Just bury me where it’s dry on the wide prairie This Heart Broken By You (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2011) (song#6499) Doesn’t matter if we’re near or far apart, love Never will I lose these old lonesome blues I’ll be pained for all time just as at the start, love While I’m chained to this heart broken by you How could I ever pledge my heart to someone else With pieces of my broken heart upon the shelf How could I ever pledge my heart and say it’s true While I’m chained to this heart broken by you =10 (instrumental) A chain is only as strong as its weakest link I know I’m weak and I’m chained to the strongest drink It’s a token of my future now coming true While I’m chained to this heart broken by you Love, I don’t care if this old world comes to an end Who is there left but you, girl, as my closest friend I can’t blame you even though I know we’re now through While I’m chained to this heart broken by you The Whole World Is Coming Up Spring (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2011) (song#6500) When the sun marches northward in Winter And morning skies fill with redwings When the brooks are waitin’ for fishin’ hooks The whole world is coming up spring When cool mists vaporize off the meadow And the air smells so fresh and clean When through the warm rain there shines a rainbow The whole world is coming up spring When the old plow turns over new furrows And young seedlings pop up so green When the hedgehog comes out of his burrow The whole world is coming up spring (instrumental) When the sun marches northward in Winter And morning skies fill with redwings When the brooks are waitin’ for fishin’ hooks The whole world is coming up spring When you stroll out in the quiet evening And feel the joy creation brings Songs unto God you’ll sing in believing The whole world is coming up spring Songs unto God you’ll sing in believing The whole world is coming up spring Dancing In Justin’s Boots (Larry W. Jones 12/27/2011) (song#6501) Well, I used to dream of dancing in Justin’s boots He was good at romancing in his western suits So, when old Justin left, I put down my new roots And I started in to prancing in Justin’s boots Well boys, here I am stumbling in Justin’s boots Just bumbling around trying to escape love’s chutes Old Justin must have known she didn’t give a hoot My dream is tumbling of dancing in Justin’s boots (instrumental) Well boys, here I am stumbling in Justin’s boots Just bumbling around trying to escape love’s chutes Old Justin must have known she didn’t give a hoot My dream is tumbling of dancing in Justin’s boots Well, the pasture over the fence sure did look green Now I’m not so sure it has really ever been Old Justin’s boots don’t fit so well, is what I mean If they were back on Justin, I would leave the scene Old Justin must have known she didn’t give a hoot My dream is tumbling of dancing in Justin’s boots Long Haul Heartache (Larry W. Jones 12/28/2011) (song#6502) Well, It’s just a long haul heartache Broken white lines and solid blues They start with every road I take Filling my mind with thoughts of you I know she’s probably thinking Wondering while I’m on my run Is her dream of true love sinking And is it now coming undone But down these long roads full of distractions The only thing I see is you A long haul heartache, but my attraction Is drawn only to love that’s true (instrumental) Darlin’, put worries behind you And don’t doubt when you’re all alone Cause my north star is aligned to The long haul heartache road back home Each night when I’m on my long run Love songs come on the radio And my favorite number one Is Elvis, And I Love You So But down these long roads full of distractions The only thing I see is you A long haul heartache, but my attraction Is drawn only to love that’s true Well, It’s just a long haul heartache Filling my mind with thoughts of you Bunkhouse Boot Box (Larry W. Jones 12/29/2011) (song#6503) Back in the bunkhouse is an old boot box It’s full of old memories and has-beens Letters, photographs, old pair of boot sox And I still open it up now and then I guess a cowgirl’s life wasn’t for you I guess I’ll stay a cowboy with regrets Cause I’ve circled each I Love You in blue On every letter since you and I met Well, I guess maybe that I should move on Too much time has now passed to make amends But for now I’ll just stay here and hang on Cause in my bunkhouse boot box we’re still friends (instrumental) I guess a cowgirl’s life wasn’t for you I guess I’ll stay a cowboy with regrets Cause I’ve circled each I Love You in blue On every letter since you and I met Well, I guess maybe that I should move on Too much time has now passed to make amends But for now I’ll just stay here and hang on Cause in my bunkhouse boot box we’re still friends Back in the bunkhouse is an old boot box And I still open it up now and then Someone Somewhere (Larry W. Jones 12/29/2011) (song#6504) Somewhere is wherever she has gone Somewhere I know that I have gone wrong I cannot get her out of my mind So, I’ve thought it through and this I find Someone somewhere is telling her things I meant to say Someone somewhere is dwelling on things that I let stray I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair Someone somewhere is now loving my someone somewhere Well, it has been awhile but I’m OK by myself And I still try to smile with my heart upon the shelf Yeah, I’m still here while she’s been somewhere covering ground And I’m pretty sure that this here is what she has found Someone somewhere is telling her things I meant to say Someone somewhere is dwelling on things that I let stray I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair Someone somewhere is now loving my someone somewhere (instrumental) She might be in Colorado She might be in Eldorado I might be a desperado with nowhere to go Somewhere is wherever she has gone Somewhere I know that I have gone wrong I cannot get her out of my mind So, I’ve thought it through and this I find Someone somewhere is telling her things I meant to say Someone somewhere is dwelling on things that I let stray I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair Someone somewhere is now loving my someone somewhere Voyagers Lantern (Larry W. Jones 12/30/2011) (song#6505) If when you’re asleep in the night A voice you hear softly spoken Of someone who’s deep in their fright And their hope is deeply broken With each wave they travel along While the hull is fragile and weak Doing right will never be wrong So, if their horizon is bleak Go on and light the voyagers lantern And when you do, oh please light one for me Perhaps it will help all of us discern The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea (instrumental) And as a new day awakens You will find new friends waiting there For you will not have forsaken The voyagers lantern of care Go on and light the voyagers lantern And when you do, oh please light one for me Perhaps it will help all of us discern The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea Go on and light the voyagers lantern And when you do, oh please light one for me Perhaps it will help all of us discern The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea Cynthia Ann Parker (Larry W. Jones 12/30/2011) (song#6506) On a wide brown prairie in early Texas days John Parker came to settle on the land But he knew not the cunning of Comanche ways Nor what lay in store for Cynthia Ann When cabins and Fort Parker were finally built They felt the land was right for them to stay Menfolk did the hunting and women made their quilts Cynthia Ann was just a child at play One day Comanches came, five hundred in their band Eighteen thirty six in the month of May When the massacre was done, not a man would stand Cynthia Ann, Comanches took away Cynthia Ann Parker lived the Indian life She grew up learning all Comanche ways Peta Nocona took Cynthia Ann as wife Three half-breed children filled up all her days The story isn’t over, there’s another turn Texas Rangers searched near by and far flung The rescue of Cynthia Ann was their concern Their deeds at Medicine Mound is still sung Son, Quanna Parker, a famous Indian chief Is still remembered to this very day But Cynthia Ann died in Texas full of grief She still missed her tribal Comanche ways On a wide brown prairie in early Texas days John Parker came to settle on the land But he knew not the cunning of Comanche ways Nor what lay in store for Cynthia Ann Long Before You Were Mine (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song#6507) On the license our signatures are on the lines Marriage is a covenant made for all of time But looking at history, there’s no mystery Cause you were on my mind long before you were mine Dear, you were on my mind Long before you were mine And you were in my heart Long before our new start Now we both share a door To happiness and more I knew love’s light would shine Long before you were mine (instrumental) Written down on paper are words that sound sublime Down in my heart those words are engraved for all time Like endless ocean waves, I’ll honor words I gave Cause you were on my mind long before you were mine Dear, you were on my mind Long before you were mine And you were in my heart Long before our new start Now we both share a door To happiness and more I knew love’s light would shine Long before you were mine Dear, you were on my mind Long before you were mine Bygone Yesterdays (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song#6508) Yesterdays are always in my memory Though they’re bygone, they’re still shadows in my heart Every day I close my eyes and then I see Bygone yesterdays that never did depart How I remember old friends from yesterday I recall mostly kind words they had to say Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me Here in memories of bygone yesterdays I never sing the old Scot song, Auld Lang Syne Such things make me cry for those who’ve passed away I’d rather think they’re just asleep, counting sheep Here in memories of bygone yesterdays (instrumental) How I remember old friends from yesterday I recall mostly kind words they had to say Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me Here in memories of bygone yesterdays I never sing the old Scot song, Auld Lang Syne Such things make me cry for those who’ve passed away I’d rather think they’re just asleep, counting sheep Here in memories of bygone yesterdays Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me Here in memories of bygone yesterdays Did It Snow (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song#6509) Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night Like it fell, like it fell down on mine Did you know, did you know by dawn of morning light You could tell you almost lost your mind Were they warm, were they warm, your memories last night Or were they as cold as snow and ice Did they form, did they form memories clear and bright Did you know someday you’ll pay the price Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night Like it fell, like it fell down on mine (instrumental) Were they warm, were they warm, your memories last night Or were they as cold as snow and ice Did they form, did they form memories clear and bright Did you know someday you’ll pay the price Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night Like it fell, like it fell down on mine Did you know, did you know by dawn of morning light You could tell you almost lost your mind Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night Like it fell, like it fell down on mine Do You Yearn For Me (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song#6510) When evening falls, do you yearn for me By empty walls, do you yearn for me And at any time when you’re alone Do you yearn for any love we’ve known Has your heart learned or turned into stone When mem’ries come, do you yearn for me When you’re lonesome, do you yearn for me Although it has been so long ago I would again wish our love could grow Please let me know, do you yearn for me (instrumental) Do you yearn for any love we’ve known Has your heart learned or turned into stone When mem’ries come, do you yearn for me When you’re lonesome, do you yearn for me Although it has been so long ago I would again wish our love could grow Please let me know, do you yearn for me Although it has been so long ago I would again wish our love could grow Please let me know, do you yearn for me Do you yearn for me Do you yearn for me How Years Move Along (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song#6511) Howdy stranger, haven’t seen you in quite awhile Well, I’m OK, and I see you’re still dressed in style I remember when you sang to me your swan song Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along I know you’re married and I hope you stay that way Heard he carried you across the threshold last May That’s the same thing I did for you when I was strong Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along Adios dear, I’ll tip my hat to yesterday No, it’s not a tear, you and I are molded clay Just remember that clay doesn’t last very long Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along (instrumental) I know you’re married and I hope you stay that way Heard he carried you across the threshold last May That’s the same thing I did for you when I was strong Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along Adios dear, I’ll tip my hat to yesterday No, it’s not a tear, you and I are molded clay Just remember that clay doesn’t last very long Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along Chester The Town Crier (Larry W. Jones 01/01/2012) (song#6512) Well, here comes old Chester the town crier He’s the gloomiest man seen around town Had a girl but he couldn’t inspire her Now Chester the town crier wears a frown Old Chester used to have a happy face He told the whole town about her embrace Anyone could see Chester was in love Until I stole his girl I’m singing of Well, here comes old Chester the town crier He’s the gloomiest man seen around town Had a girl but he couldn’t inspire her Now Chester the town crier wears a frown (instrumental) I told the whole town with a happy face Just how much I enjoyed her warm embrace But then she left me and the whole town sees The town criers are old Chester and me Now I look like Chester the town crier Oh, both of us enjoyed her warm embrace But neither one of us could inspire her Chester and I both wear a gloomy frown Well, here comes old Chester the town crier We’re the gloomiest men seen around town Cielito Lindo (Larry W. Jones 01/01/2012) (song#6513) South of the Rio in the square of Laredo Mariachis sing Cielito Lindo in song A senorita in the square of Laredo Broke my heart and I’m in Mexico all alone Eyes as black as midnight promised love with their glow But now my sad plight is as dim as it can be Here I feel contrite in the square of Laredo I know my senorita’s been deceiving me Tequila poured free in the square of Laredo I stopped for awhile at Jose’s cantina door My ears heard the sweet sound of Cielito Lindo The same song that she said was ours forevermore (instrumental) Then I saw her there in the square of Laredo Dancing with a young vaquero in the night air I challenged the vaquero whom I didn’t know For the senorita’s love we both couldn’t share North of the Rio and the square of Laredo I sadly recall the bad deed that I had done And whenever I hear sweet Cielito Lindo Once again I see her step in front of his gun The tale that they tell in the square of Laredo Of a young senorita whom they all adored Loved a Gringo there in the square of Laredo She’ll be their Cielito Lindo forevermore I Rode Out From El Paso (Larry W. Jones 01/01/2012) (song#6514) I rode out from El Paso following his tracks The sheriff said I would know how to bring him back This star I wear is shiny, reflecting the sun It feels so heavy for the job that must be done The outlaw is a man who’s taller than them all He was once a good man before his wayward fall The circuit judge he gunned down and now he must pay I rode out from El Paso for this wayward prey (instrumental) Once upon a time he lived for justice and right Until his young wife was killed with malice one night His world was shattered as he shoveled in the ground He dug a grave and laid his darling six feet down Vengeance he declared on all who took her young life The gun he wears is notched in mem’ry of his wife But vengeance only grows into another flaw Blind reason turns a man into a bad outlaw I rode out from El Paso to track an outlaw When we were young cowboys we both looked like our Paw His eyes shine just like mine and we both carry guns This outlaw and me, both of us are Daddy’s sons This star I wear is shiny, reflecting the sun It feels so heavy for the job that must be done Butcher Holler Square Dancing (Larry W. Jones 01/02/2012) (song#6515) Well, they’re tunin’ up the fiddles Way down in old Butcher Holler Where Grandpa Jones sings his riddles They say he beats all the callers In the country around about There’s one old bow legged feller And he’s the loudest, there’s no doubt Listen to him laugh and beller Now, balance all and do-si-do Rope her, tie her and let her go Now, swing her round and place her there Promenade all and don’t be square Now, all choose your pretty partners Just go grab the next one after Now, step lively to the corners And shake the roof with your laughter Now, let’s all do it one more time Do-si-do, with lots of prancin’ Cause there is nothin’ quite as fine As Butcher Holler square dancin’ Cowboy’s Way (Larry W. Jones 01/03/2011) (song#6516) To a cowpoke’s ear, the bawl of a steer Is a melody of the plains And when gray coyotes make their howling notes To him it’s just a grateful strain And his cowboy song as he rides along Is all about his pretty gal With her golden hair she’ll be waiting there By the gate of the old corral For a king’s gold crown in a big old town He would turn down and never change For his life is free on the wide prairie Riding out on the western range His eyes are open to everything there But there’s nothing to make him fret And if now and then his soul has a care It will bring him no cold regret (instrumental) The loud pounding beat of his pony’s feet On the sod as he rides along Is in harmony with the melody Of his light hearted cowboy song He still rides the way as in yesterday With a big holler and a hoot With a tightened cinch that won’t give an inch When he digs with a roweled boot The skies may turn grey and make cowboys pray And the wind may blow cold and moan But a cowboy’s way is his only way The saddle is a cowboy’s throne So, saddle up boys for the ride today Just look at those big western skies And we’ll know the joys of a cowboy’s way For I can see it in your eyes Rose Of The Prairie (Larry W. Jones 01/03/2012) (song#6517) O’re the wide prairie, the prairie so wide Early in morning this cowboy now rides This cowboy rides, boys, this sad cowboy rides Early in morning this cowboy now rides She wrote a letter and sent it by stage I read it over page by dreadful page She married another by some design I must not tarry, she’ll never be mine (instrumental) Rose of the prairie, this cowboy is blue Though you’re now married, dear, I still love you My love’s still true dear, my love is still true Though you’re now married, dear, I still love you O’re the wide prairie, the prairie so wide Early in morning this cowboy now rides This cowboy rides, boys, this sad cowboy rides Early in morning this cowboy now rides Foolish Kind Of Way (Larry W. Jones 01/03/2012) (song#6518) I’ve always been a rover, I guess the foolish kind Pretty girls I looked over, in quest of all I’d find None could ever hold me though they begged for me to stay I told all I loved them in a foolish kind of way The foolish kind of way was the system that I used I spread myself around and now I’m down with the blues I never thought about tomorrow, only today I told all I loved them in a foolish kind of way I went to smoky places where I had lots of fun I thought they were OK places, never hurt no one Now when folks talk about me, here’s what all of them say He told all he loved them in a foolish kind of way (instrumental) The foolish kind of way was the system that I used I spread myself around and now I’m down with the blues I never thought about tomorrow, only today I told all I loved them in a foolish kind of way So, listen to the tale of someone who really knows Time is gonna tell if you don’t keep right on your toes Don’t leave your heart at home and then go outside to play Don’t tell all you love them in a foolish kind of way Young Western Singer (Larry W. Jones 01/03/2012) (song#6519) Well, I’m a young western singer But every song I start to sing Some cowboy starts in to yellin’ Who choked that young dogie, poor thing All the cowboys up and leave me Not one of them stay very long When I set my western voice free With this old familiar sad song As I walked out in the streets of Laredo Oh, as I walked out in Laredo one day I first took to drinkin’ then to card playin’ Got shot in the breast and am dyin’ today (instrumental) I hate to see all them punchers run And I hate to hear them all say Git a rope, someone git a gun And hang that young singer today I don’t understand why they act As if I am doing so wrong Cause I’m a young western singer With this old familiar sad song As I walked out in the streets of Laredo Oh, as I walked out in Laredo one day I first took to drinkin’ then to card playin’ Got shot in the breast and am dyin’ today Well, I’m a young western singer I guess I’m just doing it wrong Evergreen Love (Larry W. Jones 01/04/2012) (song#6520) When I see an evergreen tree Dear, it so reminds me of you An evergreen tree grows up strong Like an evergreen love that’s true Evergreen tree, evergreen tree Evergreen love has come along Evergreen love’s a lasting love For evergreen is never blue The lasting song I’m singing of Is sweet evergreen love from you Evergreen tree, evergreen tree Evergreen love has come to me (instrumental) Evergreen love’s a lasting love For evergreen is never blue The lasting song I’m singing of Is sweet evergreen love from you Evergreen tree, evergreen tree Evergreen love has come to me When I see an evergreen tree Dear, it so reminds me of you An evergreen tree grows up strong Like an evergreen love that’s true Adios Longhorn (Larry W. Jones 01/04/2012) (song#6521) You’re fed on grass and two years old Worth the fourth of an ounce of gold Big and fat and as wild as sin The range won’t see you there again Tenderloin for the man who shirks Neck and knuckles for him who works Adios longhorn, don’t you rant On your way to the packing plant Away you go, so long, longhorn You caused me sweat since early morn Now loaded with a hundred more Your ranging days are now long o’re (instrumental) Away you go, so long, longhorn You caused me sweat since early morn Now loaded with a hundred more Your ranging days are now long o’re Rawhide and tallow, hoofs and horns Nothing that the packing plant scorns Adios longhorn, don’t you rant On your way to the packing plant Every Time We Say Hello (Larry W. Jones 01/04/2012) (song#6522) Every time we say hello, my world is better Every time we say hello, my heart’s in fetters And everyone must know how much I love you so Cause everything is better with our love aglow Dear, when you are here, there’s nothing wrong about it Stead of singing songs, I want to shout about it There’s no better song, I’ll wager That goes from minor to major Every time we say hello, when we say hello (instrumental) Every time we say hello, my world is better Every time we say hello, my heart’s in fetters Dear, when you are here, there’s nothing wrong about it Stead of singing songs, I want to shout about it There’s no better song, I’ll wager That goes from minor to major Every time we say hello, when we say hello There’s no better song, I’ll wager That goes from minor to major Every time we say hello, when we say hello Top Rail Roosters (Larry W. Jones 01/04/2012) (song#6523) Well now, you top rail roosters think it’s fun To jest sit up there and git nothin’ done Yer line of blab is gittin’ hard to take While I grab this wild coffin head to break Ride ‘im you say, with talk that’s down right cheap You top rail roosters couldn’t ride a sheep Well boys, go on and blab, each one of you I’ll take yer old jab and I’ll ride ‘im too Well now boys, he’s quit his awful pitchin’ Now, which one of you might have the itchin’ Come round tomorrow, he’ll be just as tame You top rail roosters will be just as lame (instrumental) Ride ‘im you say, with talk that’s down right cheap You top rail roosters couldn’t ride a sheep Well boys, go on and blab, each one of you I’ll take yer old jab and I’ll ride ‘im too Well, none of you boys will ever save face And none of you will ever take my place You’re top rail roosters, every one of you And that’s about all you will ever do Year Of Forty Nine (Larry W. Jones 01/04/2012) (song#6524) Well, you’re gazing now at gold miner Jones A left over from bygone days But I want it known I’m still on my bones And I ain’t here lookin’ for praise It’s often my mind dreams of days grown old And yes, it’s seems I do repine For the days of old when we mined the gold Back in the year of forty nine My comrades I tell, they treated me well Although they were a raunchy crew They were as rough as grit I must admit But they were miners brave and true (instrumental) When we were in a pinch, none gave an inch I never heard them moan or whine And just like good old men they all kicked in Back in the year of forty nine Now, of all the old miners I have known There ain’t but one left here to boast And I want it known I’m still on my bones Although I’m looking like a ghost Now, as I roam along from town to town Old folks think I’m the next in line Cause I’ve spent my gold from the days of old Back in the year of forty nine Out On The Chisholm Trail (Larry W. Jones 01/05/2012) (song#6525) Now, come all you wily cowboys who have no fright Out in the rain and hail Go and roundup the cattle from morning til night Out on the Chisholm Trail Your time will be dreadful for the life that you chose Riding through heat and cold You’ll be almost froze from the water on your clothes And soaked in your bedroll You’ll see bright flashes of lightning shine in your eyes Out on the Chisholm Trail Cowboys have to be brave and not afraid to die There’s no room for the frail (instrumental) You better think of your farms and its shanty charms Your wife will wear a veil Don’t sound an alarm or think you’ll be dry and warm Out on the Chisholm Trail Now, come all you wily cowboys who have no fright Out in the rain and hail Go and roundup the cattle from morning til night Out on the Chisholm Trail Welcome Sunshine (Larry W. Jones 01/07/2012) (song#6526) (Welcome sunshine) Welcome sunshine, well, don’t you know I love your smile And don’t you cry sunshine, if I’m gone for awhile I was so lonesome that I had tears almost start Then I thought of you and felt bluebirds in my heart Welcome sunshine, keep your bright eyes loving just me And I will welcome blue skies anywhere I‘ll be You don’t have to worry if I’m walking the line The train’s stopped at the station, so welcome sunshine (instrumental) (Welcome sunshine) Welcome sunshine, keep your bright eyes loving just me And I will welcome blue skies anywhere I‘ll be You don’t have to worry if I’m walking the line The train’s stopped at the station, so welcome sunshine You don’t have to worry if I’m walking the line The train’s stopped at the station, so welcome sunshine Welcome sunshine Welcome my sunny sunshine Little Jimmy Dickens (Larry W. Jones 01/09/2012) (song#6527) Little Jimmy Dickens is more than slim pickins' It’s true, he may be little but he sure is loud Jimmy Dickens, with that big Gibson he’s pickin’ Out Behind the Barn he draws a big country crowd Little Jimmy Dickens wears a big western hat And keeping it real country is his legacy Little Jimmy Dickens has got his act down pat He fills up the stage at the Grand Old Op-er-ree Now, Jimmy Dickens is nobody’s Stepping Stone Cause Jimmy said, Take An Old Cold Tater and Wait And May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose When that old Fireball Mail comes rolling down the grade (instrumental) Little Jimmy Dickens is more than slim pickins' It’s true, he may be little but he sure is loud Jimmy Dickens, with that big Gibson he’s pickin’ Out Behind the Barn he draws a big country crowd Little Jimmy Dickens is a big country star He’s engraved in the country music hall of fame So, if you like real country, you can't raise the bar Cause Little Jimmy Dickens is his great big name Little Jimmy Dickens, cowboy boots a-kickin’ He’s stickin’ to real country songs This Old Ranch (Larry W. Jones 01/10/2012) (song#6528) I've worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long Spring roundup’s come and gone and Summer’s hot and strong I've worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long And now it’s time for me to ride along Mama wrote from Texas but Texas ain’t my home Texas ain’t my home, no, Texas ain’t my home Mama wrote from Texas but Texas ain’t my home Cause I’ve been a bad outlaw too long I've worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long Spring roundup’s come and gone and Summer’s hot and strong I've worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long And now it’s time for me to ride along Rangers and posse are ridin’ after me Ridin’ after me, oh, they’re searchin’ hard for me Rangers and posse are ridin’ after me And now it’s time for me to ride along I miss my Texas girl, miss her oh, so bad Miss her oh, so bad, miss her oh, so bad I miss my Texas girl, miss her oh, so bad She’s back down in Texas feeling sad I've worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long Spring roundup’s come and gone and Summer’s hot and strong I've worked around and lurked around this old ranch too long And now it’s time for me to ride along Here Comes Paradise (Larry W. Jones 01/10/2012) (song#6529) Here comes paradise, there is no disguise With a heart that’s true and love in her eyes Love in paradise is in store for me Here comes paradise with her golden hair It’s so nice to know that for me she cares Each day and night she’s paradise to me I was so lonesome til she came my way But now I own some paradise today (instrumental) I was so lonesome til she came my way But now I own some paradise today Here comes paradise like the Summer warm And she is a prize that I’ll keep from harm My heart is in song as we stroll along Here comes paradise in a love that’s strong Here comes paradise Here comes paradise with her golden hair It’s Coming Onto Spring (Larry W. Jones 01/11/2012) (song#6530) Well boys, it’s coming onto Spring So it’s time to tune up and sing About the greening of the pastures in the sun And the sound of the birds and roundup of the herds Tune up your whistles, everyone Oh my, the sun’s a-shinin’ in the sky Old Man Winter is biddin’ us goodbye The air is gettin’ warmer, don’t you say I’m informed it’s nigh on the month of May And snow is meltin’ off the Great Divide (instrumental) Soon a cowboy sees redwing blackbirds in the trees And that means the cold wind is held at bay Spring’s a-comin’, can’t you feel it And this wool coat, it’s time to peel it You cowboys know it’s time to say Well boys, it’s coming onto Spring So it’s time to tune up and sing About the greening of the pastures in the sun And the sound of the birds and roundup of the herds Tune up your whistles, everyone Cause boys, it’s coming onto Spring I Only Hear My Heartbeats For You (Larry W. Jones 01/11/2012) (song#6531) There’s a big jackhammer beating nearby But just where it is I haven’t a clue I know it’s near and I feel its war cry But I only hear my heartbeats for you There’s a big flock of geese flying up high Oh, I know they’re somewhere up in the blue I’m told they sound loud when they’re on the fly But I only hear my heartbeats for you I see we’re in a beautiful garden Just off a crowded street or avenue Where there must be a lot of commotion But I only hear my heartbeats for you (instrumental) There’s a big flock of geese flying up high Oh, I know they’re somewhere up in the blue I’m told they sound loud when they’re on the fly But I only hear my heartbeats for you I see we’re in a beautiful garden Just off a crowded street or avenue Where there must be a lot of commotion But I only hear my heartbeats for you Dear, I only hear my heartbeats for you Black Hills Gold (Larry W. Jones 01/11/2012) (song#6532) Listen pals and you’ll pity my sad tale I’m sickly and I’m lookin’ mighty pale I gave up my job with its fancy frills To hunt gold in South Dakota’s Black Hills Listen pals, don’t go, stay a common man And stay away from that old town Cheyenne Cause there’s Outlaw Will and Comanche Bill Who’ll take more than your gold in the Black Hills The round-house at Cheyenne is full at night Full of drifters in search of men in plight They’re clothes are ragged with pockets to fill With the gold you carry from the Black Hills (instrumental) Listen pals, I went to Cheyenne for gold to find All I found were mem’ries I left behind Through hail and snow and rain up to the gills I became an orphan in the Black Hills So pals, listen to advice I’ll unfold Don’t go to Cheyenne a-huntin’ for gold Cause only the railroad’s pockets you’ll fill Hunting gold in South Dakota’s Black Hills I’d Give Up Tomorrow (Larry W. Jones 01/12/2012) (song#6533) I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday For what good is tomorrow with no one to love I’d give up tomorrow with all its clouds of gray To take back today the one love I’m dreaming of Tomorrow will open an empty world for me I’ll give in to sorrow more than I’m having now I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday I don’t want tomorrow without love anyhow (instrumental) Tomorrow will open an empty world for me I’ll give in to sorrow more than I’m having now I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday I don’t want tomorrow without love anyhow I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday X-I-T Range (Larry W. Jones 01/12/2012) (song#6534) Come gather round cowboys and listen to my song For I’m sure you’ll be pleased and it won’t take too long I’ll sing to you of things that you may not agree Of the Texas panhandle’s famous X-I-T If you ride to Dalhart, find Rufus Jack Bradley He’s the big wagon boss and he’ll treat you badly He’ll toss you on a hoss on three million acres And he’ll make you break a hundred widow makers When you ride up to the Escabada bunkhouse You’ll see sod upon the roof and for sure a mouse Ask what it is and you’ll be told the same as me Greenhorn, this is your bed on the big X-I-T Oh, for sure you’ll rise early morn before daybreak And boys, you’ll scorn the taste of cold X-I-T steak And for fixin’ fences in rain, don’t think it strange Cause you’re now employed on the big X-I-T range Some cowboys say X-I-T means Ten In Texas But I know a ten’s as big as my paycheck is And boys, if to Mr. Farwell you wish to complain You won’t be gettin’ far on the X-I-T range Now you cowboys, I no longer here can remain And I hope my Texas song has caused you no pain But when I am gone, now don’t you think of me strange For I’ve been a cowhand on the X-I-T range I Will See You In My Dreams (Larry W. Jones 01/13/2012) (song#6535) Dear, I will see you in my dreams Til I can see you one more time When you are here safe in my arms And I will dwell in thoughts of you Well on into the daytime too Til I can see your many charms The sun and moon above know who I’m dreaming of All the heavenly stars brightly shine just for you Dear, I will see you in my dreams Til I can see you one more time So darling, remember you’re mine (instrumental) The sun and moon above know who I’m dreaming of All the heavenly stars brightly shine just for you Dear, I will see you in my dreams Til I can see you one more time So darling, remember you’re mine Dear, I will see you in my dreams Til I can see you one more time So darling, remember you’re mine Be A Texas Cowboy (Larry W. Jones 01/14/2012) (song#6536) Well, I’m a Texas cowboy far away from home When I ride back to Texas, I no more will roam Montana is too cold and winters are too long Before Spring roundups start, your money is all gone I worked the X-I-T which now I’ll never see Les I go back to Texas and they pardon me I’ve worked in Nebraska where grass grows ten feet high Cattle are the rustlers, they make good cowboys die (instrumental) I’ve worked in the sand hills and down along the Platte Most cowboys are good fellers and cattle are fat I traveled this whole country and worked for the brand All through the Indian Nation and the Rio Grande All along the Yellowstone where it’s cold year round Boys, I got consumption from sleeping on the ground The badlands of Montana are the worst I’ve seen Ain’t no place for tenderfeet and cows are too lean (instrumental) So all you Texas cowboys, take warning from me Go to Montana but leave your money with me Just work down in Texas all the whole year around You won’t get consumption from sleeping on the ground On Mountains In Colorado (Larry W. Jones 01/15/2012) (song#6537) Up on top of the mountains in Colorado There tall snow capped peaks greet the sun That shines above the tree line in Colorado For all to see that night is done Summer winds blow warm on golden grain fields below That beg my return to its glow Where I can live my childhood dreams of long ago On mountains in Colorado (instrumental) (Up on top of the mountains in Colorado) There tall snow capped peaks greet the sun (That shines above the tree line in Colorado) For all to see that night is done Summer winds blow warm on golden grain fields below That beg my return to its glow Where I can live my childhood dreams of long ago On mountains in Colorado (On mountains in Colorado) It Appears And Departs (Larry W. Jones 01/15/2012) (song#6538) My friends ask if I still love you And they ask how I’m doing now They ask me if I’m feeling blue Any sadness I just disavow The truth is hard for me to say I’m not good at such works of art I just say nothing bothers me Because it appears and departs It appears and departs alright Oh, it appears when I awake And it doesn’t depart all night Oh, a man has a lot of pride So he can’t admit that he cried For a love he has in his heart I just say nothing bothers me Because it appears and departs (instrumental) My friends ask why you departed And if I’ve found anyone since I just answer them half hearted I know they laugh at my expense The truth is hard for me to say I’m not good at such works of art I just say nothing bothers me Because it appears and departs It appears and departs alright Oh, it appears when I awake And it doesn’t depart all night Oh, a man has a lot of pride So he can’t admit that he cried For a love he has in his heart I just say nothing bothers me Because it appears and departs Pain of heart appears and departs It appears and departs Time Changes Nothing Now (Larry W. Jones 01/15/2012) (song#6539) It changes nothing now what this life brings to me Cause I’ll be alright from now til eternity Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow Nothing matters because time changes nothing now Dear, it was only a year ago since we met I never thought that you would go, to my regret But now you’re gone and you’ve retracted every vow Nothing matters because time changes nothing now (instrumental) Dear, now that you have gone and left me here so blue I can only blame myself since I can’t blame you Whatever happened, I don’t understand just how Nothing matters because time changes nothing now As water flows under a bridge and is soon gone I’ll soon forget all the love from you I have known Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow Nothing matters because time changes nothing now Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow Nothing matters because time changes nothing now Skew Ball Paint (Larry W. Jones 01/16/2012) (song#6540) Whoa skew ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall Now, it was down in Texas I rode To break broncos or get myself throwed I crossed the Red River for the work With a six shooter on Texas dirt Whoa skew ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall They roped out for me a skew ball paint With double rigged saddle for restraint Well, being afraid I surely ain’t So I climbed on that wild skew ball paint (instrumental) Whoa skew ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall He bucked so hard I swallowed my wad Afore ten yard I wallowed the sod I told the ranch boss I just resigned Boys, he laughed so hard he looked plum blind Well boys, back across the Red I rode Where the Kansas Texas river flowed That skew ball paint didn’t like the load I break broncos but got myself throwed Whoa skew ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall I Stopped Loving You (Larry W. Jones 01/17/2012) (song#6541) Dear, I stopped loving you, it took such a long time To give up old memories of when you were mine My old sweet dreams of you have almost gone away I stopped loving you and started living today I spent countless hours in daydreams of you Of the long ago when you were still true I wasted time on a fine work of art I stopped loving you so new love could start Dear, I stopped loving you, it took such a long time To give up old memories of when you were mine My old sweet dreams of you have almost gone away I stopped loving you and started living today (instrumental) I spent countless hours in daydreams of you Of the long ago when you were still true I wasted time on a fine work of art I just stopped loving you, new love can start Dear, I stopped loving you, it took such a long time To give up old memories of when you were mine My old sweet dreams of you have almost gone away I stopped loving you and started living today Larimer County Homestead (Larry W. Jones 01/18/2012) (song#6542) Larry Jones is my name, as I have recounted I’m in Colorado in Larimer County Yes folks, you’ll find me out west where I make my bed And starving to death on my Larimer homestead Hurrah for Larimer County, it’s home for me And it’s home for the bed bug, grasshopper and flea I’ll sing to it praises though I soon may be dead While starving to death on my Larimer homestead Now, my hut is made from logs in Homestead Meadows The pine walls are solid and keep in the shadows But the old roof has no pitch and when the winds blow It sure is a cinch that it will let in the snow I’m happy on my one hundred sixty acres Thanks to Larimer County’s movers and shakers But I’ve got nothing to eat, from no rows to hoe Now I think nothing from nothing adds up to zero I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead Though prairie rattlesnakes hiss their tune at my head Centipedes have many legs, they walk with no fear But I fear they’ll lay their many eggs in my ear Now, you other homesteaders, you say you will stay And chew on smoked beef jerky til you’re old and gray But as for myself, I’m done with hard tack and dread And starving to death on my Larimer homestead My clothes, they are all rags and the life here is rough My food is corn dodgers, of them I’ve had enough I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead So I’ll go back to bed after the dogs are fed Bye to Colorado and Larimer County One hundred sixty acres is not a bounty I won’t sing it praises cause I soon may be dead While starving to death on my Larimer homestead Adios to Larimer County and the west Back home to Texas is where’s the land I love best I’ll marry me a wife on a west Texas spread Quit starving to death on my Larimer homestead If You Were My Girl Sue (Larry W. Jones 01/18/2012) (song#6543) If you were my girl, Sue, here’s what I would do I would capture moonbeams and give them to you If you were my girl, Sue, and you would be true I would love you, Sue, for my whole long life through My darling Sue, please don’t play some masquerade A lifetime of love for us never will fade If you were my girl, Sue, here’s what I would do I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you (instrumental) My darling Sue, please don’t play some masquerade A lifetime of love for us never will fade If you were my girl, Sue, here’s what I would do I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you I’d take my heart’s key, Sue, and give it to you If you were my girl Purple Sagebrush In The Morning (Larry W. Jones 01/19/2012) (song#6544) The western sun is rising, air is clean and fine With just a little chill til around eight or nine I smell breakfast cooking before the cattle drive But there’s something else makes me glad that I’m alive It’s that sweet and bracing scent, comes from the prairie The aroma is all embracing, you’ll agree Think of something that gives the prairie adorning It’s the scent of purple sagebrush in the morning (instrumental) I’ve ridden many trails in this wide and good land Lived a cowboy’s life as rough and tough as any man I’m an old cow puncher as free as I can be But there is one allure that always captures me At the time of waking it brings me thoughts so fine Why, on just the scent alone I could rightly dine And there ain’t no cowboy born could go a-scorning The sweet scent of purple sagebrush in the morning (instrumental) When I ride the Great Divide with its lofty spires I’ll see no more my outfit or its warm camp fires I would just like to say before I drift away There is one simple thing that always makes my day When the sun comes up and I wake up on the range I see the land that’s so grand, may it never change It comes every way when the day is a-borning That sweet scent of purple sagebrush in the morning Cloudy (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6545) Cloudy, today my world is full of rain Cloudy, I frown when I think of the pain Now the dark days are here cause she is nowhere near Cloudy, she turned out insincere Cloudy, but I still love her dear Cloudy, sunshine went when she went away Cloudy, she never meant that she would stay I gave her my love but not to just dispose of Cloudy, she was my morning dove Cloudy, what was she thinking of (instrumental) Cloudy, the truth is, I just didn’t see Cloudy, like a real sleuth she deceived me My whole world now spins in a circle filled with fear Cloudy, my eyes are filled with tears Cloudy, but I still love her dear Cloudy, today my world is full of rain Cloudy, I frown when I think of the pain Now the dark days are here cause she is nowhere near Cloudy, she turned out insincere Cloudy, but I still love her dear My world is cloudy and full of pain Old Palomino Pal Of Mine (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6546) Old palomino pal, we rode many trails together Old palomino pal, my load you carried through weather Your faithful roundup days are done Out to pasture you can now run Old palomino pal of mine Get along old partner, bright stars will be shining tonight Get along old partner, the load you now carry is light Listen to the lone whippoorwill He’s calling softly from the hill Old palomino pal of mine (instrumental) Old palomino pal, we rode many trails together Old palomino pal, my load you carried through weather Your faithful roundup days are done Out to pasture you can now run Old palomino pal of mine Listen to the lone whippoorwill He’s calling softly from the hill Old palomino pal of mine Old palomino pal of mine Hold My Heart For Awhile (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6547) Hold my heart for awhile and tell it one more time How you could make it smile while you were telling lies Hold my attention, then unfold your intention To make me cry while you see the love in my eyes Darling, just make me smile Hold my heart for awhile Oh, you caught me off guard, my heart fell really hard And now the pieces are scarred for all time to come I’m holding what seems to be the end of my dreams And my heart cannot mend from this feeling so numb Darling, just make me smile Hold my heart for awhile (instrumental) Dear, now I know, but somehow as you go Hold my heart now as you did long ago Hold my heart for awhile and tell it one more time How you could make it smile while you were telling lies Hold my attention, then unfold your intention To make me cry while you see the love in my eyes Darling, just make me smile Hold my heart for awhile Hold my heart for awhile Kingwood Kowboy (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6548) Boys, I write for the old cowboy nation And I hope my songs bring you fellows joy I wonder if the next generation Will remember the Kingwood Kowboy Now, I have traveled the wide world over And many odd jobs have seen my employ It’s my time to rest under the clover That will soon welcome the Kingwood Kowboy Cowboy songs I’ve written melodial Some were happy while some were sad or coy But my best were of cowboys jovial So boys, think well of the Kingwood Kowboy I can now see the coming last roundup That memories of trails will soon destroy But boys, flowers will grow from the ground up To remind you of the Kingwood Kowboy Now, when I am laid out in fine linen Pardners, my old cowboy songs redeploy When you lower the lid of the coffin Sing an old song for the Kingwood Kowboy And when on the old wagon they bear me Ladies may weep over the real McCoy For there will come no other to compare me There will be no other Kingwood Kowboy Boys, go and find some jovial fellows And let them stagger as they all deploy To did me a deep grave in the meadow And drink whiskey to the Kingwood Kowboy Then get a couple of granite grave stones For my head and my feet just like Rob Roy And then boys, scratch on them, here lies the bones Of the old song writer, Kingwood Kowboy Then may all of you jovial cowboys Surround my cold prairie grave full of joy Drink whiskey til all of you will annoy The mem’ry of the old Kingwood Kowboy My Texian Cowgirl (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6549) I see my cowgirl in the Texian sunlight And I see my cowgirl in the Texian Fall I see her riding in sunny April gladness And hear her soft voice in whippoorwills call I told the dogies in the pasture and prairie dogs in the ground To everyone I shouted about the true love that I had found My heart is just as high as the highest western cottonwood tree And it’s all because my Texian cowgirl is in love with me (instrumental) My heart is just as high as the highest western cottonwood tree And it’s all because my Texian cowgirl is in love with me I see my cowgirl in the Texian sunlight And I see my cowgirl in the Texian Fall I see her riding in sunny April gladness And hear her soft voice in whippoorwills call I told the dogies in the pasture and prairie dogs in the ground To everyone I shouted about the true love that I had found My heart is just as high as the highest western cottonwood tree And it’s all because my Texian cowgirl is in love with me My Texian cowgirl is in love with me No Matter What Cowboy You Are (Larry W. Jones 01/24/2012) (song#6550) You’re just an old cowboy, and that’s all you will be For all you can offer is a range of the free The thoughts of your wan’drin’ heart are always too far No matter what cowboy you are No matter what cowboy you are No matter what cowgirl gives you kissin’ so fine You’ll be long gone and missin’ in just a short time Cowboy, your guiding light is a wandering star No matter what cowboy you are No matter what cowboy you are (instrumental) The open range is your lover, always will be Cowboy, your kind of roving looks somewhat like me They’ll all sing about you on their campfire guitars No matter what cowboy you are No matter what cowboy you are You have no woman’s warm arms to hold you at night Cause you’re out on the range under stars shining bright The thoughts of your wan’drin’ heart are always too far No matter what cowboy you are No matter what cowboy you are On The Lone Side Of Lonely (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6551) On the lone side of lonely is where I will be On the lone side of lonely is where you’ll find me Still holding on to mem’ries of what used to be On the lone side of lonely since you have left me On the lone side of lonely I have company On the lone side of lonely my past follows me I hold onto hopes dear, that you’ll return and see On the lone side of lonely is not meant for me (instrumental) On the lone side of lonely I have company On the lone side of lonely my past follows me On the lone side of lonely is where I will be On the lone side of lonely is where you’ll find me Still holding on to mem’ries of what used to be On the lone side of lonely since you have left me I hold onto hopes dear, that you’ll return and see On the lone side of lonely is not meant for me On the lone side of lonely is where you’ll find me Homestead Mansion (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6552) Old tin cans for flower pots, burlap sacks for rugs Overalls and calico, lives of lowly mugs But good land is our homestead and we’re livin’ free There ain’t no landlord here to tell us what to be Small rickety log shack, tar papered all in black Now, the old chimney points south from the cold north wind The windows are few but the curtains are all blue In my view it’s a homestead mansion since back when (instrumental) Small rickety log shack, tar papered all in black Now, the old chimney points south from the cold north wind The windows are few but the curtains are all blue In my view it’s a homestead mansion since back when Our little homestead shack, there’s a lot that it lacks But yet it still has the knack to look so home-like Both our hands built it and now we both fit in it Our homestead mansion will have to do for us two Our homestead mansion is home sweet home for us two Front Range Ditch Digger (Larry W. Jones 01/23/2012) (song#6553) Well now, I ditched an eighty acre patch I’m here on the front range to stay Once sagebrush grew but now I get my catch Of sweet corn, sugar beets and hay I ain’t got much, that much I will allow Some water rights, good piece of land Hard workin’ wife and kids, small herd of cows A thankful heart and willin’ hand I ain’t much on style, I wear overalls Good Levis ain’t the cheapest duds And when I’m cleanin’ out the milk cow stalls They’re covered with the cheapest mud I keep my hard earned money in the bank Don’t go in debt’s my golden rule For wife’s biscuits and honey I give thanks Kids help with milkin’ after school I know my story ain’t so long on thrills Now, this life ain’t romance, but good A ditch digger in the front range foothills Made a home where sagebrush once stood Ridin’ O’re The Prairie idin’ O’re The Prairie (Larry W. Jones 01/25/2012) (song#6554) When I was young back on the ranch I had the sweetest gal Cowboy love songs I sung to her around the old corral We’d go ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And both of us didn’t want the summer to be over Ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And we didn’t want the summer to be over We’d stop and listen when a whippoorwill called from the hill And all of her sweet kisses, I recall all of them still We’d go ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And both of us didn’t want the summer to be over Ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And we didn’t want the summer to be over (instrumental) And when the glowing western sun was sinking in the west It was then I was knowing the gal I chose was the best We’d go ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And both of us didn’t want the summer to be over Ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And we didn’t want the summer to be over Those summer days have come and gone but she’s now my sweet bride We still go ridin’ o’re the prairie, ridin’ side by side We’d go ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And both of us didn’t want the summer to be over Ridin’ o’re the prairie, liein’ in the clover And we didn’t want the summer to be over Climb Up High Kentucky Moon (Larry W. Jones 01/25/2012) (song#6555) Our love is done, now I’m just one, alone in June Climb up high, climb up high Kentucky moon Please shine your light down on the one I love real soon Climb up high, climb up high Kentucky moon You looked down that night when love disappeared from sight Her goodbye sounded like a mournful tune You have her in your sight, please bring her back tonight Climb up high, climb up high Kentucky moon (instrumental) You looked down that night when love disappeared from sight Her goodbye sounded like a mournful tune You have her in your sight, please bring her back tonight Climb up high, climb up high Kentucky moon You have her in your sight, please bring her back tonight Climb up high, climb up high Kentucky moon I’m A Texas Cowboy (Larry W. Jones 01/25/2012) (song#6556) I’m a Texas cowboy, from Texas I do hail I cinch my saddle and I’m ready for the trail I love the wide prairies and I love cowboy ways Let me drive some longhorns for the rest of my days When a new morn is breaking somewhere far away I climb in my saddle and roundup all the day I rope and brand and ear mark like a work of art And then the drive to Kansas gets an early start I’m a Texas cowboy, this life was made for me I roam the wide prairies as jolly as can be My mustang cow pony is trusty through and through Through rivers, hills and dales he’s been a pal so true (instrumental) When dark clouds are gath’rin’ just like a scene of doom And the light’nin’ flashes and rollin’ thunder booms I keep the wild herd from stampedin’ far and wide With cowboy songs I sing while ridin’ by their side When we get to Kansas, the big trail boss pays up I buy new clothes and then many a parting cup I bid farewell to Kansas, head for Texas loam Down the trail to Texas, my Texas cowboy home I Played The Patient Game (Larry W. Jones 01/26/2012) (song#6557) When I was a young cowboy a-courtin’ cowgirls I played me the patient game while givin’ ‘em whirls If a cowgirl said no and tossed her golden curls I just rode away from her like the Duke of Earl I let the world take a couple of spins While she cried her tears, I smiled with a grin And as time moved on, by my ranch she came Yes, as time moved on, by my ranch she came (instrumental) Well, it’s a long ride from April to December But I saw the end of the trail come September When Autumn came and turned the Aspen leaves to flame I knew who to blame for playin’ the patient game Days now dwindle that I can’t rekindle November and December are waiting Oh, I remember, by my ranch she came In April when I played the patient game Yes, I remember, by my ranch she came In April when I played the patient game Any Day Now (Larry W. Jones 01/26/2012) (song#6558) Any day now, I’ll want you to love me When you’re in love with somebody new I want you to be true, not maybe Any day now, I’ll want you to love me Til that day, I’ll get along somehow Cause you don’t want me to love you now Any day now, I’ll want you to love me But any day now you won’t be free (instrumental) Til that day, I’ll get along somehow Cause you don’t want me to love you now Any day now, I’ll want you to love me But any day now you won’t be free Any day now, I’ll want you to love me When you’re in love with somebody new When you’re in love with somebody new Black Jack Of Spades (Larry W. Jones 01/27/2012) (song#6559) With boots in the stirrups and bridle in my hand I’m a-ridin’ away to some new frontier land Sweet Molly’s folks have told her that I am too poor I’m too undeserving to step foot at her door Oh, Black Jack of Spades, oh Black Jack of Spades You robbed my pockets of money I made Straight whiskey so vile, straight whiskey so vile I drank you like tea while you made me smile Here I am in my saddle with quirt in my hand I’ll recall a calico skirt and wedding planned I’ll dream of sweet Molly wherever I may roam I’ll be a rambling cowboy who’s so far from home (instrumental) Oh, Black Jack of Spades, oh Black Jack of Spades You robbed my pockets of money I made Straight whiskey so vile, straight whiskey so vile I drank you like tea while you made me smile I’ll build a cabin in Colorado so high And wait for my sweet Molly to come riding by Her love for me’s still true and her love I must own Though I’ll be a rambling cowboy so far from home Oh, Black Jack of Spades, oh Black Jack of Spades You robbed my pockets of money I made Straight whiskey so vile, straight whiskey so vile I drank you like tea while you made me smile Send A Rose To Who Knows Where (Larry W. Jones 01/27/2012) (song#6560) Send a rose to who knows where I suppose it’s not too late And if the rose arrives there Maybe my darling will wait My darling’s gone out of sight She left just the other night Oh, I wish she’d stayed around I believe she’s Reno bound Send a rose to who knows where I suppose it’s not too late And if the rose arrives there Maybe my darling will wait (instrumental) I thought when she said goodbye That her words were just a lie But now I am so let down I believe she’s Reno bound Send a rose to who knows where I suppose it’s not too late And if the rose arrives there Maybe my darling will wait Send a rose to who knows where Maybe my darling is waiting there There Came A Change In You (Larry W. Jones 01/28/2012) (song#6561) When you were just a kid, your Mama oft times said That you were a timid girl, your face was forever red You were scared of all the boys, now it’s strange but true There came a change in you You started noticing the neighbor boy next door He walked you home which he had never done before He carved on a tree, I love you, it’s strange but true There came a change in you (instrumental) When you turned sweet sixteen, he took you to a dance You let him kiss you and then and it turned into romance He learned how nice your kiss could be, it’s strange but true There came a change in you As the years rolled along, one sad day you were gone I was the saddest guy ever been left alone I thought you had a change of mind, it’s strange but true There came a change in you (instrumental) Then one day you returned and you made my head turn You had a change of heart and said for me it burned Now we’re man and wife with a love that’s proved so true There came a change in you Now we’re man and wife with a love that’s proved so true My dear, I’m glad there came a change in you Our Campfire Has Grown Cold (Larry W. Jones 01/29/2012) (song#6562) The iron horse advances, our vocation is gone I’ll take my chances and put my words into song Folks will miss us on the long ride, cowboys of old The roundup is past and our campfire has grown cold The freight wagons are broken, they have left the land They carry no loads across wet gumbo and sand The stampede is over and the trail drive is done The end of the drover, a new age has begun The railroads are coming to claim all of our best Boys, give up on the grange and the ranges out west Just bid them your adieu and don’t hunt for fool’s gold The roundup is past and our campfire has grown cold (instrumental) I remember those days and with tears my eyes fill Recall the coyote, call of the whippoorwill Remember boys, how we all put on a good show Not much on money but no sorrow did we know How things have changed, we are now poor and seldom fed Our corrals are all broken, our horses half dead Soon we’ll all leave the scene but our tales will be told The roundup is past and our campfire has grown cold Soon we’ll all leave the scene but our tales will be told The roundup is past and our campfire has grown cold Too Many Trails (Larry W. Jones 01/29/2012) (song#6563) How I wish I could ride back home, my dear And I wonder if you would want me to But too many trails I’ve seen through the years There’s too many trails between me and you There’s too many long trails to ride down, love And too many streams have washed dreams away For too many days I’ve been away, love There’s too many trails between us today (instrumental) Don’t think for a minute that you’re to blame It was me who did things so plainly blind How I wish I could ride back where I came But too many trails means there’s no more time There’s too many long trails to ride down, love And too many streams have washed dreams away For too many days I’ve been away, love There’s too many trails between us today Too Late To Show (Larry W. Jones 01/29/2012) (song#6564) It’s too late to show that I can’t forget her Though she broke my heart into tiny pieces Oh, I still love her but it’s too late to show Dreams die slow and now she will never know That my own true love for her never ceases Yes, I still love her but it’s too late to show Bad news always travels fast when a love ends Well meaning folks keep asking if we’re still friends (instrumental) It’s too late to show that I can’t forget her Though she broke my heart into tiny pieces Oh, I still love her but it’s too late to show Dreams die slow and now she will never know That my own true love for her never ceases Yes, I still love her but it’s too late to show Yes, I now know, it’s too late to show When I Start To Wander (Larry W. Jones 01/29/2012) (song#6565) Well, I’ve ridden trails like wind that has blown Down from high mountains to old San Antone I’m like the song of the lone whippoorwill When I start to wander, I can’t sit still Once I settled down and I said, said I I’ll never wander no more til I die But the wind came and blew the daffodil Said I’m a fool if I thought I’d be still (instrumental) Now, I’ve seen places where I’d love to stay I’ve seen faces I recall to this day But like a tumbleweed tumb’lin’ down hill When I start to wander, I can’t sit still I’ve worked on big ranches, slept in small jails But like spreading branches, I’ve rode all trails I’m a bird of passage, fly where I will When I start to wander, I can’t sit still (instrumental) The sun is bringing heat, the air to clear The wind is singing trail songs in my ear I guess I’ll be going through dale, o’er hill When I start to wander, I can’t sit still I guess I’ll be going through dale, o’er hill When I start to wander, I can’t sit still High Wagon Road (Larry W. Jones 01/29/2012) (song#6566) Gather round boys and listen, it won’t take me long For this seems the season for a good cowboy song Hear the words I will sing and the words I will speak Of the high wagon road on the climb to Pike’s Peak High wagon road on the climb to Pike’s Peak I start early in morning at six forty five The wagon’s hooked up all ready to drive Up where the stout miners for gold and silver seek On the high wagon road that leads up to Pike’s Peak High wagon road that leads up to Pike’s Peak (instrumental) With a team of four stubborn mules I roll along It’s a chore but I rule them with many a song On the mountain where foxes and coyotes sneak Up the high wagon road on the climb to Pike’s Peak High wagon road on the climb to Pike’s Peak For miners I sometimes haul so heavy their freight Stubborn mules start to stall and they then make me late But I drive them through rain and shine, snow, hail and sleet On the high wagon road that leads up to Pike’s Peak High wagon road that leads up to Pike’s Peak (instrumental) And when with the driving of the wagon I’m through I bid my four stubborn mules a gentle adieu Cause if it weren’t for those critters, stubborn yet meek I’d never make the high wagon road to Pike’s Peak High wagon road that leads up to Pike’s Peak Now, all of you young cowboys that travel about Ride just one time on the high Pike’s Peak wagon route You’ll need plenty of grit and you must not be weak For the high wagon road on the climb to Pike’s Peak High wagon road on the climb to Pike’s Peak Big Wheel Of Pain (Larry W. Jones 01/31/2012) (song#6567) My dear, you’re gonna know what lonesome means When you’re all alone in your faded jeans You’re gonna know there’s nothing left to gain When the big wheel of pain rolls round again One day my dear, you’ll shed some salty tears You’ll know your way was faulty through the years You’ll be on board that outbound sorrows train When the big wheel of pain rolls round again (instrumental) You’re gonna find my words to you are truth And not the kind that’s sweet as Baby Ruth My dear, in time you’re gonna have to know That you have left the one who loves you so It may not be today but pretty soon You’re gonna cry beneath the bluest moon You’re gonna find yourself out in the rain When the big wheel of pain rolls round again You’re gonna find yourself out in the rain When the big wheel of pain rolls round again Old Gray Mare Of Mine (Larry W. Jones 01/31/2012) (song#6568) Now, I’m an old cowboy who’s past his prime As you can see, I’ve had my hills to climb But when I was just a lad, nine years old As a stable boy, I watched life unfold I took care of the fastest stallion steeds And I clocked the time of the fastest breeds But there has never been a horse as fine As that old long legged gray mare of mine (instrumental) She had silver horse shoes I made myself I’ve got ‘em on display upon the shelf My old gray mare ran like the wind untied With her silver horse shoes, she had some pride Now, she never lost a race she was in Cause she set the pace from start to the end Oh, there has never been a horse as fine As that old long legged gray mare of mine (instrumental) Now boys, my old gray mare is dead and gone This rockin’ chair’s all I’ll ride from now on I keep her silver horse shoes polished fine For that old long legged gray mare of mine I keep her silver horse shoes polished fine For that old long legged gray mare of mine Change The Ways Of Yesterday (Larry W. Jones 02/03/2012) (song#6569) Change the ways of yesterday Erase the words I didn’t mean to say Rearrange dark into day How I pray, change the ways of yesterday Dear, I never meant for us to end up Living alone instead of side by side Darling, I have prayers that I will send up Asking forgiveness for tears you have cried Change the ways of yesterday Erase the words I didn’t mean to say Rearrange dark into day How I pray, change the ways of yesterday (instrumental) Oh please, reverse the world and let it spin To before those adverse ways entered in Dear, we’ll start over where true love has been And let our world of love begin again Change the ways of yesterday Erase the words I didn’t mean to say Rearrange dark into day How I pray, change the ways of yesterday Change the ways of yesterday Minstrel Troubadour (Larry W. Jones 02/03/2012) (song#6570) I hear a sound from days of yore The low voice of a minstrel troubadour He sings ballads, refrains and more The low voice of a minstrel troubadour In dreams I drift to prior days When songs were sung of chivalry and lore Like a choir of those olden ways In the voice of a minstrel troubadour Sweet noble heart, pretty lady I am wounded by love Lady, so sad you have made me I have no joy or mirth For to you, my sweet companion I have given my heart (instrumental) In dreams I drift to prior days When songs were sung of chivalry and lore Like a choir of those olden ways In the voice of a minstrel troubadour Sweet noble heart, pretty lady I am wounded by love Lady, so sad you have made me I have no joy or mirth For to you, my sweet companion I have given my heart For to you, my sweet companion I have given my heart Golden Moon In A Heaven Of Blue (Larry W. Jones 02/03/2012) (song#6571) You’re like the golden moon that shines so heavenly And you’ll be shining soon for me You’re like the golden moon in a heaven of blue For you I’m pining, just for you A star might be a guiding light But the full moon is now in sight My heart is full of love tonight And you have proved our love is right You’re like the golden moon that shines so heavenly And you’ll be shining soon for me (instrumental) You’re like the golden moon that shines so heavenly And you’ll be shining soon for me You’re like the golden moon in a heaven of blue For you I’m pining, just for you A star might be a guiding light But the full moon is now in sight My heart is full of love tonight And you have proved our love is right You’re like the golden moon in a heaven of blue For you I’m pining, just for you Walking Back Down To Houston Town (Larry W. Jones 02/05/2012) (song#6572) I bought these old cowboy boots at Goodwill This Stetson hat don’t really fit my head I pawned my pocket watch for a cheese grilled And one night to sleep in a motel bed But when dawn comes early in the morning And while the shade is pulled completely down With boots and with hat my head adorning I’ll go walking back down to Houston town (instrumental) I’ve got a small spread just west of Houston I’ll have to fix it up cause it’s run down Up here in Chicago things came undone So I’m walking back down to Houston town Yeah, when dawn comes early in the morning And while the shade is pulled completely down With boots and with hat my head adorning I’ll go walking back down to Houston town I’ll go walking back down to Houston town Breakup Boulevard (Larry W. Jones 02/05/2012) (song#6573) Well, here I am alone on a street of sorrow Humming the words of a song of discord The music is from a scene of horror That’s played out on the Breakup Boulevard Promises are scattered far behind me And to make them come true was way too hard If you have a change of mind, you will find That I’m walking down Breakup Boulevard (instrumental) Promises are scattered far behind me And to make them come true was way too hard If you have a change of mind, you will find That I’m walking down Breakup Boulevard Someday my dear, you may have a yearning For love when someone plays the Joker’s card And it’s then I’ll know that you’ll be learning How I’m walking down Breakup Boulevard Dear, it’s then I’ll know that you’ll be learning How I’m walking down Breakup Boulevard Wish I Could Hold You Once Again (Larry W. Jones 02/05/2012) (song#6574) Wish I could hold you once again To feel the glow of former times Wish I could see you once again To beg you please again be mine My two arms used to hold you tight Where some other arms now have been Oh how I wish with all my might Wish I could hold you once again My, my, my, how I dream of you Wish my sweet dreams could all come true I, I, I seem to never win Wish I could hold you once again (instrumental) Wish I could turn a page in time Back to when you were only mine Wish there was some way I could find To make the stars of love align My, my, my, how I dream of you Wish my sweet dreams could all come true I, I, I seem to never win Wish I could hold you once again Wish I could hold you once again Wish I could hold you once again Love Has Turned Away All My Blues (Larry W. Jones 02/06/2012) (song#6575) Love has turned away all my blues Love has turned away all my blues I have learned that they are all through Glad to say, all because of you Yes, time has seen me grow older I have wisdom on my shoulder I’m wise enough to see love true And old enough to lose my blues Love has turned away all my blues Love has turned away all my blues I have learned that they are all through Glad to say, all because of you (instrumental) Yes, time has seen me grow older I have wisdom on my shoulder I’m wise enough to see love true And old enough to lose my blues Love has turned away all my blues Love has turned away all my blues I have learned that they are all through Glad to say, all because of you Love has turned away all my blues Your love turned away all my blues Teddy Bear Heart (Larry W. Jones 02/07/2012) (song#6576) My dear, if I had a teddy bear heart You could toss it to the ground or the sky But dear, I don’t have a teddy bear heart I’m at a loss as to why your goodbye You wound me up just like a brand new toy My heart was beating steady at the start But then I was dropped like some whipping boy You must think I’ve got a teddy bear heart But dear, I don’t have a teddy bear heart Oh no, I don’t have a teddy bear heart (instrumental) A teddy bear heart is hidden inside Inside a toy having no eyes that cry But dear, I don’t have a teddy bear heart I’m at a loss as to why your goodbye You wound me up just like a brand new toy My heart was beating steady at the start But then I was dropped like some whipping boy You must think I’ve got a teddy bear heart But dear, I don’t have a teddy bear heart Oh no, I don’t have a teddy bear heart Johnny Cash In Nashville (Larry W. Jones 02/07/2012) (song#6577) I remember Johnny Cash in Nashville Cause he was one big country music star No one sang like Johnny Cash in Nashville Making music on his Martin guitar Johnny’s star shined bright in Opryland nights He was the reason that I had to go For the Man In Black, wish I could go back To listen to his Grand Ole Opry show (instrumental) I remember Johnny Cash in Nashville I admired the Ring Of Fire in his eyes Everyone would Get Rhythm in Nashville When he sang of Jackson and southern skies Johnny’s star shined bright in Opryland nights He was the reason that I had to go For the Man In Black, wish I could go back To listen to his Grand Ole Opry show (instrumental) I remember Johnny Cash in Nashville He Walked The Line but now he’s gone away When I think of Johnny Cash in Nashville I feel the Rock Island Line move and sway Johnny’s star shined bright in Opryland nights He was the reason that I had to go For the Man In Black, wish I could go back To listen to his Grand Ole Opry show Real Cowboys Are Pardners And Friends (Larry W. Jones 02/08/2012) (song#6578) Out where a handshake is stronger Out where a grubstake lasts longer Real cowboys are pardners and friends Out where the big sky is clearer Out where the word Hi is dearer Real cowboys are pardners and friends Out where the roundup is going Out where the sages are growing Real cowboys are pardners and friends Where a barn raising calls all men Where the cows grazing needs new pens Real cowboys are pardners and friends (instrumental) Out where the Spring branding is done Out where the barn dancing is fun Real cowboys are pardners and friends Where there’s not much money to lend Where there’s many fences to mend Real cowboys are pardners and friends Out where a handshake is stronger Out where a grubstake lasts longer Real cowboys are pardners and friends Real cowboys are pardners and friends Top Of An Upside Down World (Larry W. Jones 02/08/2012) (song#6579) Well, once I was at the top of the world And nothing could stop my love for that girl But she up and turned me down, that sweet girl I’m at the top of an upside down world Up at the top of an upside down world You will find my broken dreams and her name Up at the top of an upside down world My hopes of true love just went down in flames (instrumental) Well, it’s cold and lonely here at the top I’m at the bottom with nowhere to drop True love let me down when I lost that girl Up at the top of an upside down world Up at the top of an upside down world You will find my broken dreams and her name Up at the top of an upside down world My hopes of true love just went down in flames Up at the top of an upside down world My hopes of true love just went down in flames Texas Toast (Larry W. Jones 02/10/2012) (song#6580) In a big corral on the Pecos Way out in west Texas long ago Good cowboys hurtin’ from bein’ throwed Off a new bronco nobody knowed Not one good cowboy would dare to bet That anyone there would dare to set A-straddle that bronco so beset With ornery manners and a threat Til a cowboy leanin’ on a post Known only by name of Texas Toast Spoke up with words he said was level I’ll show you how to ride that devil Texas Toast climbed aboard that bronco Just as he’d done along the Blanco He said boys, I don’t like ridin’ drag Soon I’ll have this hoss right in my bag Well now, the bucking kept him flailing Cowboys thought he’d go o’re the railing That bronco knew how to zig an zag And ole Texas Toast knew how to brag He said, this here hoss is just a toy And I’m Texas Toast, the real McCoy My frame is one of fame coast to coast And cowboys, my name is Texas Toast But then that bronco nobody knew Bucked so hard that ole Texas Toast flew Up in the sky to oblivion He might come down as Bolivian Cowboys looked up in the Texas sky Started to bid Texas Toast goodbye But then they heard a lot ‘o waggin’ From the tongue of Texas Toast braggin’ He yelled, I’m up here above the earth With the ghost riders, for what it’s worth But this ole hoss I’m still a-ridin’ And I just named him Texas Lightnin’ Now, time has passed since his upheaval When Texas Toast climbed on that Devil But cowboys relate from coast to coast About the sad fate of Texas Toast On the Pecos by the big corral The cowboys will swear by all their pals That when the thunder rolls thunders most They can hear the tongue of Texas Toast Says, I’m ridin’ one I never knew Way up here in a big sky of blue And he’s still buckin’ from coast to coast But he knows who’s boss, I’m Texas Toast Someday there’ll fall spurs and saddle And a hoss with cowboy a-straddle Then all will have to hear him rattle About a wild west Texas battle But boys, by then a brand new order Won’t even know that near the border There once was a cowboy with the most Who went by the name of Texas Toast He was the best, old cowboys confess Cause he was better than all the rest Way out in west Texas long ago Texas Toast was the best rodeo Cowboy Buster (Larry W. Jones 02/19/2012) (song#6581) Now boys, I’ve busted my share of broncos I’ll swear I’ve got rodeo scars that shows Yes boys, I’ve busted my share of broncos From their long tail to their disgusted nose But boys, I rode one along the Front Range And I’ll have to admit he was a cuss He’s the only bronco, I know it’s strange That this old time cowboy just couldn’t bust Now, that bronco was a no-good feller From top of his backbone to underneath From his mouth and nose there came a beller Sounded so mean I thought he’d lost his teeth That big bronco’s saddle broke at the girth When he bucked off the earth into the air And boys, I’ll have you know, for what it’s worth He came on back down but left me up there Yeah boys, he bucked so high that I could see How bright the lights in far off London shone Up thar we parted, that bronco and me He’s OK but I came down with a groan I’ll tell you, when I hit terra firma That bronco’s hooves were out for bronco war I felt them sharp hooves against my derma And my poor head was dancin’ with the stars So boys, I sold my sharp spurs and saddle I sold my boots, hat and leather duster Boys, you ain’t gonna find me a-straddle A bronc that might be a cowboy buster Turkey In The Straw (Larry W. Jones 03/24/2012) (song#6582) Boys, rummage for your mouth harp, tune it til it’s sharp Tighten up those strings til you make that banjo warp Snow is in the high country, blizzards sweep the plains But we’ll drown the wind’s intonin’ with loud refrains Around a cracklin’ fire, silhouettes on the wall Like an old town crier, cowboy Shorty made the call When they started playin’, old Shorty yelled Yee Haw While a dozen cowboys played Turkey In The Straw The roundup was cold and bitter out on the trail And every steer was a critter meant for the sale We roped ‘em, tied ‘em, fenced ‘em and branded their hide Ain’t got nothin’ against ‘em now that we’re all dried (instrumental) Tune it into swing time, don’t let your voice get hoarse Even though your singin’ sounds like a horse of course It sure was windy when we rode down through the draw Think of sweet Cindy singin’ Turkey In The Straw The rain came down and made the streams rise in a flood Some of us nearly drowned in the rivers of mud But now the fire’s warmin’, the roundup is complete The music now is swarmin’ round old Shorty’s beat Around a cracklin’ fire, silhouettes on the wall Like an old town crier, cowboy Shorty made the call When they started playin’, old Shorty yelled Yee Haw While a dozen cowboys played Turkey In The Straw When they started playin’, old Shorty yelled Yee Haw While a dozen cowboys played Turkey In The Straw Sagehen Promenade (Larry W. Jones 04/11/2012) (song#6583) Salute your partner, let her go Now balance all and do si do Swing your girl and then run away To right and left while gents sashay Gents to the right and swing that beat On to the next gal and repeat Balance all and now don’t be shy Just swing your gal and swing her high Now bunch the hens and circle round Gents stomp your feet until they bound Form a basket then break away Now swing and kiss your gal, I say Allemande left and balance all Now lift your boots and let ‘em fall Swing your opposites, swing again Kiss your own gal, not next of kin Get your little sagehens ready Line up now and gents be steady Now trot ‘em out upon the floor Now promenade, just one time more Salute your dames, all together Hit the lumber with your leather Now ladies opposite the same Balance all and gents swing your dame Bunch the sagehens in the middle Keep on steppin’ with the fiddle Now circle gents and do si do Swing ‘em round and then off you go Form a basket and balance all Now promenade around the hall Gents to center, ladies round ‘em Swing your sweets to where you found ‘em |
