Cowboy Night Herd Song - Roy Rogers

On night guard, I’m a ridin'

'Round a thousand bedded steers

And tonight my thoughts are slidin'

Down the trail of distant years

Coyotes howlin' in the darkness

Chills my weary bones

Varmints prowl around the campfire

Makes the cowboy feel at home

Now the cold north wind is blowin'

Snow comes fallin' down

Wrapped in my saddle blanket

Sleepin' on the cold cold ground

I used to ponder over my luck

Wondered why it never changed

I was happy and free

Around my mammy’s knee

Pullin' on her apron strings

Now I long to see the sun come shinin'

Stealin' through my kitchen door

Just to see my dear old mammy cookin' ham

On that old kitchen stove

Where the mockingbird sings you to sleep at night

The moonbeams playin' through the trees

Some like the climate out in New Mexico

But give me back my sunny Tennessee