
Lyrics
(Charley Willis, 1800s)
My foot in the stirrup, my pony won’t stand,
I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne, I’m off for Montan’.
Refrain
Goodbye, old Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne,
Goodbye, old Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne,
2. I’m a ridin’ old Paint, I’m a-leadin’ old Dam,
Goodbye, little Annie, I’m off for Montan’. Refrain
3. Oh, hitch up your horses and feed ’em some hay,
And seat yourself by me as long as you stay. Refrain
4. My horses ain’t hungry, they’ll not eat your hay.
My wagon is loaded and rolling away. Refrain
See also
- songs from the Western states (U.S.)
- songs from the American West
- goodbye songs
- cowboy songs
- pentatonic songs
- songs about horses, donkeys, mules & camels
- songs with dotted quarter notes
- songs with dotted half notes
- songs in 3/4
- songs with chords I, IV & V
- lyrics
- source:Â American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
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- Song with chords, Lesson ideas for Meter (triple), Rhythm (dotted quarter, dotted half and half notes) (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song


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