The Cowboy’s Valentine + 

Say, Moll, now don’t you ’llow to quit + 

A-playin’ maverick? + 

Sech stock should be corralled a bit + 

An’ hev a mark ’t ’ll stick. + 

Old Val’s a-roundin’-up today + 

Upon the Sweetheart Range, + 

’N me a-helpin’, so to say, + 

Though this yere herd is strange + 

To me⁠—’n yit, ef I c’d rope + 

Jes one to wear my brand + 

I’d strike f’r Home Ranch on a lope, + 

The happiest in the land. + 

Yo’ savvy who I’m runnin’ so, + 

Yo’ savvy who I be; + 

Now, can’t yo’ take that brand⁠—yo’ know⁠— + 

The M-I-N-E. + 