A Cowboy’s Love Song + 

Oh, the last steer has been branded + 

And the last beef has been shipped, + 

And I’m free to roam the prairies + 

That the round-up crew has stripped; + 

I’m free to think of Susie⁠— + 

Fairer than the stars above⁠— + 

She’s the waitress at the station + 

And she is my turtle dove. + 

Biscuit-shootin’ Susie⁠— + 

She’s got us roped and tied; + 

Sober men or woozy + 

Look on her with pride. + 

Susie’s strong and able, + 

And not a one gits rash + 

When she waits on the table + 

And superintends the hash. + 

Oh, I sometimes think I’m locoed + 

An’ jes fit fer herdin’ sheep, + 

’Cause I only think of Susie + 

When I’m wakin’ or I’m sleep. + 

I’m wearin’ Cupid’s hobbles, + 

An’ I’m tied to Love’s stake-pin, + 

And when my heart was branded + 

The irons sunk deep in. + 

Chorus:⁠— + 

I take my saddle, Sundays⁠— + 

The one with inlaid flaps⁠— + 

And don my new sombrero + 

And my white angora chaps; + 

Then I take a bronc for Susie + 

And she leaves her pots and pans + 

And we figure out our future + 

And talk o’er our homestead plans. + 

Chorus:⁠— + 