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Cowboy, Don't Forget Your Mother
Wilf Carter
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As the sun was slowly setting on a summers day
Lying on a saddle blanket a dying cowboy lay
Comrades gather close around me I'll soon be on my way
And to you I'll tell my story, listen what I say
Cowboy don't forget your mother, write a letter home
Though you've grown into manhood and you chance to roam
I know mother's sad and lonely living all alone
On this earth I ne'er can see her, send my letter home
Tell her how I'd love to see her, though she's far away
But I'll meet her up in heaven on that judgement day
Tell her that I've still her picture and lock of golden hair
I'll be waiting for you mother on that golden stair
While a mellow moon was shining on the prairie crest
In a grave just 6 by 3 we laid him down to rest
Many times we go a-riding by his lonely grave
It brings back those haunting memories when we heard him say