When I Was a Cowboy

Lyrics

When I was a cowboy, way out on the western plains,
When I was a cowboy, way out on the western plains;
I made a million dollars pulling the bridle reins.

Refrain
Coma cow cow,
Coma cow cow, yicky yicky yea.

Oh the hardest battle was ever on a Bunker Hill,
Oh the hardest battle was ever on a Bunker Hill,
When me and a bunch of cowboys run into Buffalo Bill. Refrain

Oh the hardest battle was 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. Refrain

See also

  • Type: cowboy
  • Form: AB
  • Meter: 2
  • Rhythm:
  • Scale: Mixolydian
  • Source: American Ballads and Folk Songs, Alan Lomax, 1934

YouTube

  • PDF of song with chords
  • MIDI file
  • Listen to the melody

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