Songs of the Cowboys (1921)/The Arizona Boys and Girls
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SONGS OF THE COWBOYS
THE ARIZONA BOYS AND GIRLS
Don't know the author. Heard it sung by Kitt Collins in Deming, New Mexico.
Come, all of you people, I pray you draw near,
A comical ditty I promise you'll hear.
The boys in this country they try to advance
By courting the ladies and learning to dance.
A comical ditty I promise you'll hear.
The boys in this country they try to advance
By courting the ladies and learning to dance.
The boys in this country they try to be plain —
Those words that you hear you may hear them again
With twice as much added on if you can.
There's many a boy who thinks he's a man.
Those words that you hear you may hear them again
With twice as much added on if you can.
There's many a boy who thinks he's a man.
They'll go to their parties, their whiskey they'll take,
And out in the dark their bottles they'll break;
You'll hear one say, "There's a bottle round here;
So come around, boys, and we'll all take a share."
And out in the dark their bottles they'll break;
You'll hear one say, "There's a bottle round here;
So come around, boys, and we'll all take a share."
There is some wears shoes and some wears boots,
But there are very few that rides who don't shoot;
More than this I'll tell you what they'll do,
They'll get them a watch and a ranger hat too;
But there are very few that rides who don't shoot;
More than this I'll tell you what they'll do,
They'll get them a watch and a ranger hat too;
They'll go in the hall with spurs on their heel;
They'll get them a partner to dance the next reel,
Saying, "How do I look in my new brown suit,
With my pants stuffed down in the top of my boot?"
They'll get them a partner to dance the next reel,
Saying, "How do I look in my new brown suit,
With my pants stuffed down in the top of my boot?"
Now, I think it's quite time to leave off these lads,
For here are some girls that's fully as bad;
They'll trim up their dresses and curl up their hair,
And like an old owl 'fore the looking-glass stare.
For here are some girls that's fully as bad;
They'll trim up their dresses and curl up their hair,
And like an old owl 'fore the looking-glass stare.
The girls in the country they grin like a cat,
And with giggling and laughing don't know where they're at;
They think they're pretty, and I tell you they're wise,
But they couldn't get married to save their two eyes.
And with giggling and laughing don't know where they're at;
They think they're pretty, and I tell you they're wise,
But they couldn't get married to save their two eyes.
You can tell a good girl wherever she's found;
No trimming, no laces, no nonsense around;
With a long-eared bonnet tied under her chin, —
She'll marry you if you are broke or if you have the tin.
No trimming, no laces, no nonsense around;
With a long-eared bonnet tied under her chin, —
She'll marry you if you are broke or if you have the tin.
They'll go to church with their snuff-box in hand,
They'll give it a tap to make it look grand;
Perhaps there is another one or two
And they'll pass it around and it's "Madam, won't you?"
They'll give it a tap to make it look grand;
Perhaps there is another one or two
And they'll pass it around and it's "Madam, won't you?"
Now, I think it's quite time for this ditty to end;
If there's any one here that it will offend,
If there's any one here that thinks it amiss,
Just come round and give the singer a kiss.
If there's any one here that it will offend,
If there's any one here that thinks it amiss,
Just come round and give the singer a kiss.