Doggone Cowboy (Alternate Version)

by Marty Robbins

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I'm kin to the rovin' wind
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that brings the norther in
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Along that dusty trail I'll take my stand
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The steers are big and bold,
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and the nights are often cold
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But I'll get by so long as I can
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Throw that rope,
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and brand that calf,
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dream of a girl in a photograph
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I got no home, 
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I got no wife, 
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But I'll be a doggone cowboy all of my life

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I'm up at the crack of dawn 
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and I throw the bacon on
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Seems somehow my work is never through
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When I get done at night 
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all the stars are big and bright
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But then that's sorta what you're used to when you
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Throw that rope,
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and brand that calf,
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dream of a girl in a photograph
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I got no home, 
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I got no wife, 
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But I'll be a doggone cowboy all of my life

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The hot dry wind may blow
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and you'll see me in the rain and snow
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With just an old campfire to keep me warm
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I'll move the herd along 
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and I'll greet them with a song
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So I guess that I was born to
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Throw that rope,
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and brand that calf,
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dream of a girl in a photograph
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I got no home, 
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I got no wife, 
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But I'll be a doggone cowboy all of my life