Cowpuncher's Cantata - Max Bygraves

I travelled across to America

And when I arrived in America

They said some you know you can't go wrong

If you finish your show with a cowboy song

So I practiced all day to get the song right

And I dreamed of those songs

All through the night

That night I heard the wild goose cry

He has got mixed up with the riders in the sky

Tried to sleep but it was in vain

Have you ever tried sleeping on a mule train

My heart goes where the mule train goes

And I must go where the mule train goes

Brother goose mother goose don't you fear

'Cause I've been arrived and to prove it I'm here

Aha yma sumac

The riders loped on by him

He heard one call his name

If you're looking for the wild goose

He's on the mule train

So cowboy mend your ways today

Forget your life of sin

And you will be in time to meet

The shrimp boats coming in

My heart goes where the shrimp boats go

And I must go where the shrimp boats go

I'm gonna ride that dusty trail

'Cause they're locked up my lover

In Allentown jail

You know this kinda reminds me

Of the first time I blew into tombstone city

Yes sir that night I slept on the prairie

And all night long those prairie dogs kept howling

I couldn't understand why they kept howling

Then I found out

Ain't no trees on the prairie

Jest cactus

If ever the devil was born

Without a pair of horns

It was you

Sonny boy