Old Chisholm Trail

(album: Night Hawk - 2016)

Oh come along boys and listen to my tale
I'll tell you about my troubles on the old Chis'm Trail
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On a ten dollar horse and a forty dollar saddle
Riding and a punching them Texas cattle
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We left old Texas October twenty-third
Driving up the trail with a 2 U herd
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There's mud in the gully and dust in the draw
The bossman's meaner than my mother-in-law
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Got a hole in my hat where the rain runs in
Got a hole in my boot where it runs out again
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Well the water's getting scarce and we're running out of light
Looks like we're gonna have to drive 'em all night
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Spent two days looking for muley-headed calf
Ain't been to sleep in a week and a half
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I woke up one morning on the old Chis'm Trail
With a rope in my hand and a cow by the tail
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[ fiddle ]
Well it's bacon and beans most every day
I'd as soon be eating that prairie hay
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Well the days are hot and the nights are cold
This cowboy life is getting mighty old
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I reckon I'm as crazy as a Catahoula pup
I've tried and I've tried but I can't give it up
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Well I went to the boss to draw my roll
He figgered me out nine dollars in the hole
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Well there ain't no leaving so I guess I'm gonna stay
I'll be punching them cattle for the rest of my days
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