RAGTIME COWBOY JOE 1912 l
OUT IN ARIZONA
WHERE THE BAD MEN ARE,
THE ONLY THING TO GUIDE YOU
IS THE EVENING STAR.
THE ROUGHEST, TOUGHEST MAN BY FAR
IS RAGTIME COWBOY JOE.
HE ALWAYS SINGS,
RAGGEDY MUSIC TO THE CATTLE
AS HE SWINGS,
BACK AND FORWARD IN THE SADDLE,
ON A HORSE,
THAT IS SYNCOPATED-GAITED,
AND THERE’S SUCH A FUNNY METER
TO THE ROAR OF HIS REPEATER.
HOW THEY RUN,
WHEN THEY HEAR THAT FELLOWS GUN
BECAUSE THE WESTERN FOLKS ALL KNOW.
HE’S A HIGH-FALUTIN, ROOTIN’, SHOOTIN’
SON-OF-A-GUN FROM ARIZONA-
RAGTIME COWBOY,
TALK ABOUT YER COWBOY,
RAGTIME COWBOY JOE.
He always sings ragged music to the cattle
As he swings back and forward in the saddle
On a horse that’s syncopated gaited,
And there’s such a funny meter to the roar of his repeater.
How they run, when they see that fellow’s gun,
Because the western folk all know
He’s a high-falootin’, shootin’, tootin’
Son of a gun from Arizona, Ragtime cowboy,
Talk about your cowboys,
Ragtime cowboy Joe.
