Chris LeDoux – Horses And Cattle (Guitar)

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My home's in Montana, I wear a bandana,

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My spurs are silver, my horse is a bay.

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And I've been a-roamin' all over Wyomin',

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There's plenty of work, but there ain't too much pay.

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Me and a few boys we signed on at Dubois,

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To feed through the winter and camp out a while.

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Come a hard hittin' norther from the Montana border,

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We tallied the frozen ones mile after mile.

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Well they give you your three squares and a bunk to sleep there,

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And just enough wages to keep you a round.

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But with no place to spend it and nowhere to send it,

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You can stay out of debt if you stay out of town.

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It's horses and cattle and a double rig saddle,

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With a stout line, a catch twine, and a good ropin' arm.

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Wherever there's ranches, I've been takin' my chances,

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From sunrise to sunset since the day I was born

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We struck out for Laramie early one Saturday,

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Spring was a breakin' the grass turnin' green.

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Well, I took a hand in some fast movin' brandin',

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When they offered top wages at the Bar Seventeen.

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We followed a rodeo clear up to Codeo,

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Tryin' to ride me a bronco or two.

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Well, I busted some hosses for two or three bosses,

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And lost all the wages that ever I drew.

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Well it's hell and high water for the Idaho border,

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Where I've got a gal if that letter don't lie.

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If she gives me a reason to stay through the season,

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I'll take her to Elko when the snow starts to fly.