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.