I'd like to sing you an old time cowboy song now, so this is down at Acapulco. (laughter) But this is a cowboy work song, one of the few... (laughter) Not that cowboys don't work, but songs that are sung to help the work go better like a lotta railroad songs, don't seem to have many of them. But this one here is for singing to cattle. It's kind of a cow lullaby. It's called the "Night Herding Song," and it goes something like this:
Oh say, little dogies, why don't you lay down?
You've wandered and trampled all over the ground
Lay down, little dogies, lay down
I've cross-herded, trail-herded, an' circle-herded too
But to keep you together, that's what I can't do
My horse is leg-weary and I'm awful tired
But if I let you get away, I'm sure to get fired
Bunch up, little dogies, bunch up
Oh say, little dogies, why don't you lay down?
You've wandered and trampled all over the ground
Lay down, little dogies, lay down
I've cross-herded, trail-herded, an' circle-herded too
But to keep you together, that's what I can't do
My horse is leg-weary and I'm awful tired
But if I let you get away, I'm sure to get fired
Bunch up, little dogies, bunch up
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