Don Edwards - Following the Cow Trail lyrics

Made up my mind in the early days To quit my crowd and change my ways To leave my native home for a while And travel West for many a miles All in the merry month of May I started for Texas far away I left my darling girl behind She said her heart would always be mine When I embraced her in my arms I thought she had ten thousand charms Her caress is soft and her kisses sweet Saying, "We'll get married next time we meet" It was in the year of '83 When A.J. Stinson hired me He said, "Young fellow, I want you to go And follow my cattle into Mexico" Oh, it was early in the year I went on the trail to drive the steers I stood my guard through the sleet and snow While on the trail to Mexico Oh, it was a long and lonesome go As the herd rolled on to Mexico With laughter light and the cowboy's song For New Mexico we rolled along When I arrived in Mexico Wanted to see my girl but I could not go So I wrote a letter to my dear But not a word did I ever hear I started back for my once loved home Enquired for the girl that I called my own They said she'd married a richer life Therefore, cowboy, seek another wife Oh curse your gold and your silver too Oh curse the girl who won't prove true I'll go right back to the Rio Grande And get me a job with the cowboy band Oh buddy, oh buddy, please stay at home Don't be forever on the roam There's many a girl more true than I So please don't go where the bullets fly Yes I know girls more true than you And I know girls who would prove true But I'll go right back where the bullets fly And follow the cow trail till the day I die