He always sings raggedy music to the cattle
As he swings back and forward in the saddle
On a horse the pretty good horse that syncopated gaited
There's such a funny meter to the roar of his repeater
How they run when they hear this fellow's gun
Because the Western folks all know
Why he's a high faluting scooting
Shooting son of a gun from Arizona
Ragtime Cowboy you're talking 'bout your cowboy
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Out in Arizona where the bad men are
And the only friend to guide you is an Eve'ning star
The roughest toughest man by far Is Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Got his name from singing to the cows and sheep
Ev'ry night they say he sings the herd to sleep
In a basso rich and deep Crooning soft and low
He always sings raggedy music to the cattle
As he swings back and forward in the saddle
On a horse the pretty good horse that syncopated gaited
There's such a funny meter to the roar of his repeater
How they run when they hear this fellow's gun
Because the Western folks all know
Why he's a high faluting scooting
Shooting son of a gun from Arizona
Ragtime Cowboy you're talking 'bout your cowboy
Ragtime Cowboy Joe