The cattle are prowlin' and the coyotes are howlin' way out where the doggies bawl Where spurs are jinglin' my cowboy is singin' his lonesome cattle call mhm [ strings ] He rides in the sun till his day's work is done and he rounds up the cattle each fall [ strings ] Mhm singin' his cattle call For hours he will ride on the range far and wide When the night wind blows up a squall His heart is a feather in all kinds of weather he sings his cattle call mhm [ strings ] He's brown as a berry from ridin' the prairie as he rounds up the cattle each fall [ strings ] Mhm singin' his cattle call mhm