[Verse 1]
When I was a cowboy
Out on the western plains
When I was a cowboy
Out on the western plains
I made a half a million
Pullin' on the bridle reins

[Chorus]
Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea

[Verse 2]
I went to my girl's house
She was rockin in a rockin chair
Went to my girl's house
She was rockin in a rockin chair
Oh, western cowboy
Please don't you leave me here

[Chorus]
Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea

[Verse 3]
Oh, the hardest battle
Was there ever on the western plains
Oh, the hardest battle
Was there ever on the western plains
When me an a bunch of cowboys
Run into Jesse James
[Chorus]
Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea

[Verse 4]
When me an a bunch of cowboys
Run into Jesse James
When Me an a bunch of cowboys
Run into Jesse James
All the bullets was a-fallin'
Just like a shower rain

[Chorus]
Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea

[Verse 5]
Woah the hardest battle was ever on [?] Hill
Woah the hardest battles was ever on [?] Hill
When me and a bunch of cowboys run in to Buffalo

[Chorus]
Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea

Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea
[Bridge]
The boys headed in for a man on the outskirts of town
All around that man's them house horses was a'walkin and them 45s was a'talkin
They done made the horses drunk, and they was already drunk
And the 45s was drunk
[?] a sign with the best regards to the man's house

[Verse 6]
If your house catches fire and ain't no water round
House caches on fire and ain't no water round
Throw your jelly out the window, let the doggone shack burn down

[Chorus]
Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea

Come a cow-cow-yicky
Cow-cow-yicky-yicky-yea