When I Was A Cowboy (Western Plains)

When I was a cowboy Out on the western plains When I was a cowboy Out on the western plains I made a half a million Pullin' on the bridle reins Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah Oh, the hardest battle Was it ever on the western plains Oh, the hardest battle Was ever on the western plains When me and a bunch of cowboys Run into Jesse James Come a cow ki-yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah When me and a bunch of cowboys Run into Jesse James When me and a bunch of cowboys Run into Jesse James The bullets was a-fallin' Just like a shower rain Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah And the boys is already then they got drunk. And all around that man's house Them hosses was a-walkin' And them .45's was-a talkin'. And they shot out 'best regards' To that man and here what they says: The boys had it all in for a man on the outskirts a-town. And they had made the hosses drunk. They had made them .45's drunk. ha. De house catch de fire And they ain't no water 'round If yo' house catch de fire And they ain't no water 'round Throw yo' jelly out de window Let de doggone shack burn down Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah Come all you cowboys Don't you wanna go? Come all you cowboys Don't you wanna go? Come meet de Lone Ranger On a range of Buffalo Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah Come a cow ki--yicky Come a cow ki-yicky-yicky-yeah.