SONGS OF THE COWBOYS
THE ARIZONA BOYS AND GIRLS
Don't know the author. Heard it sung by Kitt Collins in Deming, New Mexico.
Come, all of you people, I pray you draw near,
A comical ditty I promise you'll hear.
The boys in this country they try to advance
By courting the ladies and learning to dance.
A comical ditty I promise you'll hear.
The boys in this country they try to advance
By courting the ladies and learning to dance.
The boys in this country they try to be plain —
Those words that you hear you may hear them again
With twice as much added on if you can.
There's many a boy who thinks he's a man.
Those words that you hear you may hear them again
With twice as much added on if you can.
There's many a boy who thinks he's a man.
They'll go to their parties, their whiskey they'll take,
And out in the dark their bottles they'll break;
You'll hear one say, "There's a bottle round here;
So come around, boys, and we'll all take a share."
And out in the dark their bottles they'll break;
You'll hear one say, "There's a bottle round here;
So come around, boys, and we'll all take a share."
There is some wears shoes and some wears boots,
But there are very few that rides who don't shoot;
More than this I'll tell you what they'll do,
They'll get them a watch and a ranger hat too;
But there are very few that rides who don't shoot;
More than this I'll tell you what they'll do,
They'll get them a watch and a ranger hat too;
They'll go in the hall with spurs on their heel;
They'll get them a partner to dance the next reel,
They'll get them a partner to dance the next reel,