*Dialogue*

[AUNT ELLER]
The farmer and the cowman should be friends
Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends
One man likes to push a plough
The other likes to chase a cow
But that's no reason why they cain't be friends

Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the ranchers' gals

[ALL]
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with farmer's daughters
Farmers dancе with the ranchers' gals

[AUNT ELLER, spoken]
Come on Andrеw help me out here

[ANDREW]
I'd like to say a word fer the farmer
[AUNT ELLER, spoken]
Well say it

[FARMER]
He come out west and made a lot of changes

[WILL]
He come out west and built a lot of fences

[CURLY]
And built 'em right across the cattle ranges

[MAN, spoken]
Let those dirt-scratchers stay in Missouri where they belong

[WILL]
We got just as much right here as you have!

[MAN]
Shut up

[ANDREW]
The farmer a good and thrifty citizen

[WILL]
He's thrifty all right
[ANDREW]
No matter what the cowman says or thinks
You seldom see him drinkin' in a bar room

[CURLY]
Unless someboy else's buyin' drinks

[ANDREW]
But the farmer and the cowman should be friends
Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends
The cowman ropes a cow with ease
The farmer steals her butter and cheese
But that's no reason why the cain't be friends

[ALL]
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the ranchers' gals

[AUNT ELLER]
I'd to say a word for the cowboy

[FARMER]
Oh, you would
[AUNT ELLER]
The road he treads is difficult and stoney
He rides for days on end
With just a pony for a friend

[ANNIE]
I sure am feelin' sorry for the pony

[AUNT ELLER]
The farmer should be sociable with the cowboy
If he rides by an' ask for food an' water
Don't treat him like a louse
Make him welcome in your house

[IKE]
But be sure that you lock up your wife an' daughters

[MAN, spoken]
Who needs an old barn woman anyway?

[WOMAN, spoken]
Noticed ya married one so as you could get a square meal

[MAN, spoken]
Can't talk that way about our woman folk

[MAN, spoken]
He can say what he bloody wants to say

*fighting explodes*
*Aunt Eller fires a gun*

[AUNT ELLER, spoken]
Ain't no fighting [?]
This here's a party
Sing it Andrew
Dum-did-i-dum-dum

[ANDREW]
The farmer and the cowman should be friends

[ALL]
Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends
One man likes to push a plough
The other likes to chase a cow
But that's no reason why they cain't be friends

[MAN]
And when this territory is a state
An' joins the Union jus' like all the others
The farmer, and cowman and the merchant
Mus' all behave theirselves and act like brothers

[AUNT ELLER]
I'd like to teach you all a little sayin'
And learn the words by heart the way you should
I don't say I'm no better than anybody else
But I'll be damned if I ain't jist as good

[ALL]
I don't say I'm no better than anybody else
But I'll be damned if I ain't jist as good

Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the ranchers' gals

[INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK]

[ALL]
Territory folks should stick together
Territory folks should all be pals
Cowboys dance with farmer's daughters
Farmers dance with the ranchers' gals
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