We always sing
Lazy music to the cattle as we swing
Back and forth on the saddle
On a horse (pretty good horse, pretty good saddle)
Who is syncopated gaited
And with such a funny meter
To the roar of his repeater
How they run (How they run!) when he shoots his gun
Because the western folks all know:
He's a hifalootin' rootin', tootin'
Son-of-a-gun from California
He's some cowboy
Talk about a cowboy
Ragtime cowboy Joe
We always sing Lazy music to the cattle as we swing Back and forth on the saddle On a horse (pretty good horse, pretty good saddle) Who is syncopated gaited And with such a funny meter To the roar of his repeater How they run (How they run!) when he shoots his gun Because the western folks all know: He's a hifalootin' rootin', tootin' Son-of-a-gun from California He's some cowboy Talk about a cowboy Ragtime cowboy Joe