Cowboy From Catarina

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He was born on a bright day, 1908
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Must have made up his mind that he 
just couldn't wait
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The labor came on so quick and so 
fast
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They rushed to town but she just 
couldn't last
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He entered the world with his daddy 
playing doctor
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A horse for a nursemaid, cattle 
milling about
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Born in the back of his daddy's 
ranch wagon
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Into the tools of the trade there 
was never a doubt

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He loved the wide open spaces the 
best
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He looked east every morning, every 
evening he looked west
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Loved his cowboying ways more than 
anyone knew
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Cowboy from Catarina, it's open 
spaces for you
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Cowboy from Catarina, it's open 
spaces for you

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Spent whole days on horseback just 
explaining the country
Skipped school when he could cause 
it kept him inside
Took his supper on the back steps so
 he could see the sun setting
Stood up in his stirrups to watch 
the sunrise
He'd ride through the draws where 
the rock faces whistle
Sit there amongst the mesquite 
shrubs and the thistles
He'd smell the whitebrush that the 
breeze carried by
And he'd thank the angels for his 
cowboy life

Chorus

The second great war called him down
 from his horse
They asked will you serve and he 
answered of course
So he rode a troop ship across the 
great wide
And he fought the Axis with one 
thought in mind
Get back to Catarina, get back to 
his life
Get back to his fencelines and the 
south Texas sky
Get back to his cattle, his 
pastures, his land
The cowboy from Catarina, he wore a 
very deep brand

Chorus

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The eighties rolled around and his 
skin was wrinkled leather
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The hearing had faded and his 
balance had been better
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But he could still spot a buck three
 fencelines away
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And cowboy from Catarina I wonder 
where you are today
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Are you down in the draw where the 
rock faces whistle
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Are you sitting amongst the mesquite
 shrubs and thistles
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Can you smell the whitebrush that 
the breeze carries by
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And are you thanking the angels for 
your cowboyin' life

Chorus 2:
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Cause you loved the wide open spaces
 the best
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You looked east every morning, every
 evening you looked out west
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You loved your cowboying ways more 
than anyone knew
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Cowboy from Catarina, it's open 
spaces for you
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Cowboy from Catarina, it's open 
spaces
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It's them wide open spaces for you