Cowboy Jack
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1. He was just a lonely cowboy with a heart so brave and true,
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he learned to love a maiden
with eyes of heaven's own blue.
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2. They learned to love each other, and named their wedding day,
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when a quarrel came between
them, and Jack, he rode away.
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3. He joined a band of cowboys, and tried to forget her name,
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but out on the lonely prairie
she waits for him the same.
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4. One night when work was finished, just at the close of day,
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someone said : “Sing a song,
Jack, t’will drive those cares away.”
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5. When he reached the prairie, he found a new made mound,
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his friends they sadly told
him, they'd laid his loved one down.
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6. They said as she was dying, she breathed her sweetheart's name,
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and asked them with her last
breath to tell him when he came.
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7. Your sweetheart waits for you, Jack, your sweetheart waits for you,
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out on the lonely prairie
where the skies are always blue.
Recorded 5/8/34
(orig. = capo 1st) (The
Carter Family)