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My home?s in Montana, I wear a bandana,
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My spurs are silver, my horse is a bay.
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And I?ve been a-roamin? all over Wyomin?,
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There?s plenty of work, but there ain?t too much pay.
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Me and a few boys we signed on at Dubois,
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To feed through the winter and camp out a while.
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Come a hard hittin? norther from the Montana border,
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We tallied the frozen ones mile after mile.
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Well they give you your three squares and a bunk to sleep there,
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And just enough wages to keep you a round.
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But with no place to spend it and nowhere to send it,
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You can stay out of debt if you stay out of town.
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It?s horses and cattle and a double rig saddle,
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With a stout line, a catch twine, and a good ropin? arm.
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Wher ever there?s ranches, I?ve been takin? my chances,
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We struck out for Laramie early one Saturday,
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Spring was a breakin? the grass turnin? green.
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Well, I took a hand in some fast movin? brandin?,
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When they offered top wages at the Bar Seven teen.
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We followed a rodeo clear up to Codeo,
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Tryin? to ride me a bronco or two.
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Well, I busted some hosses for two or three bosses,
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And lost all the wages that ever I drew.
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Well it?s hell and high water for the Idaho border,
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Where I?ve got a gal if that letter don?t lie.
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If she gives me a reason to stay through the season,
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I?ll take her to Elko when the snow starts to fly.