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1990**lf**Writer(s): Michael Martin Murphey**lf****lf**Come along, boys, listen to my tale**lf**I''ll tell you all my troubles on the old Chisholm Trail**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**With my foot in the stirrup and my hand on the horn**lf**I''m the best damn cowboy that ever was born**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**On a ten dollar horse and a forty dollar saddle**lf**I was goin'' and a punchin'' longhorn cattle**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**I started up the trail October 23rd**lf**Started up the trail with a 2-U herd**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Tell ''em, Don**lf**Woke up one morning on the Chisholm Trail**lf**With a rope in my hand and a cow by the tail**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Now you, Red**lf**I''m up in the morning before daylight**lf**Before I sleep, the moon shine bright**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**It''s cloudy in the west and it looks like rain**lf**My darned old slicker''s in the wagon again**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**No chaps, no slicker and it''s pourin'' down rain**lf**And I swear, by God, I''ll never night herd again**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Last night on guard, the leader broke the ranks**lf**Hit my horse in the shoulder and spurred him in the flanks**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Jim Bob**lf**The wind began to blow and the rain began to fall**lf**And it looked, by God, like I was gonna lose ''em all**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**I crippled my horse, I don''t know how**lf**Ropin'' at the horns of a 2-U cow**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**With lightning in his eye and thunder at his heel**lf**Your wench spinnin'' round like a hoop on wheel**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**The horse threw me off at the creek called mud**lf**A horse threw me off and I landed with a thud**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Last time I saw him, he was runnin'' ''cross the level**lf**Kickin'' up his heels and runnin'' like the Devil**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**We rounded ''em up and we put ''em in the cars**lf**That was the end of the 2-U bars**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Well, I went to the boss for to draw my roll**lf**Boss had me figured nine dollars in the hole**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Now, me and the boss, we had a little spat**lf**So I hit him in the face with a ten-gallon hat**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Bossman said, well, I''ll fire you**lf**Not only you, but the whole damn crew**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**So I sold my horse and I sold my saddle**lf**And you can go to hell with your longhorn cattle**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**And I hadn''t been home two days or three**lf**I put off my gal for to see**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**Tammy said, you better quit that cowboy life**lf**If you ever wanna have a pretty little wife**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay**lf****lf**I''ll settle my saddle and I''ll buy me a plow**lf**Swear, by God, I''ll never rope another cow**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay**lf**Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay