You Don't Know What Lonesome Is
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When the hoot owl toots his tooloo
To the wail of the nip-wick hen
And the chink punk chips in the chilly night
It's mighty lonesome then
And it's lonesome when the wintry wind
Howls through the jackpine boughs
But you don't know what lonesome is
'Til you get to herdin' cows
Do me, Amadou
Do me, Armadale
All alone
All alone
Now the ordinary fella gets off on Saturday night
He gets a chance to see his pals
That ain't no more than right
But when the rope and saddle is your life
There's no time to carouse
'Cause you don't know what lonesome is
'Til you get to herdin' cows
Do me, Amadou
Do me, Armadale
By myself
By myself
Oh the keeper of the lighthouse
The sailor man at sea
And the lookout on the mountain top
Ain't got a thing on me
'Cause I've had all the lonesomeness
That the common law allows
Man, you don't know what lonesome is
'Til you get to herdin' cows
Do me, Amadou
Do me, Armadale
Cowboy blues
Cowboy blues
You may often wonder why a cowpoke sings so sad
He's thinkin' of the many things in life he's never had
No gal, no pal for company
Just the cattle as they browse
Brother, you don't know what lonesome is
'Til you get to herdin' cows
Do me, Amadou
Do me, Armadale
All alone
By myself
Doggone cows