Cowpuncher's CantataMax BygravesCowpuncher's Cantata

Cowpuncher's Cantata - Max BygravesWritten by：Terry Gilkyson/Wayne Shonklin/Johnny Longe/Stan Jones/Fred Glickman/Hy HeathI travelled across to America
And when I arrived in America
They said some you know you can't go wrongIf you finish your show with a cowboy song
So I practiced all day to get the song right
And I dreamed of those songsAll through the night
That night I heard the wild goose cry
He has got mixed up with the riders in the sky
Tried to sleep but it was in vainHave you ever tried sleeping on a mule train
My heart goes where the mule train goesAnd I must go where the mule train goes
Brother goose mother goose don't you fearCause I've been arrived and to prove it I'm here
Aha ma sumac
The riders loped on by himHe heard one call his nameIf you're looking for the wild gooseHe's on the mule trainSo cowboy mend your ways todayForget your life of sinAnd you will be in time to meet
The shrimp boats coming in
My heart goes where the shrimp boats go
And I must go where the shrimp boats go
I'm gonna ride that dusty trailCos they've locked up my lover in Allentown jail
You know this kinda reminds me of the first timeI blew into tombstone city yessir that nightI slept on the prairie and all night long those prairie dogs kept howling
I couldn't understand why they kept howling thenI found out ain't no trees on the prairie jest cactus
If ever the devil was born
Without a pair of horns
It was you sonny boy