COWBOY FROM BROOKLYN
From the film "Cowboy From Brooklyn" (1938)
(Johnny Mercer / Harry Warren)

Dick Powell (Film Soundtrack) - 1938
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Ray McKinley) - 1938
Glenn Miller & His Orch. (vocal: Tex Beneke) - 1938
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. - 1938
Bunny Berigan & The Rhythmakers - 1938


When I was just a little shaver back in Brooklyn
I always thought that I would like to be a cowboy
Because I loved to see 'em in the movin' pictures
A-ridin' and a-shootin' away
And so as I grew up I saved a lotta money
I bought a saddle and I bought a buckin' bronco
I said goodbye to all the fellas back in Brooklyn
And I went to Arizona one day
But I'll tell you, Pard, I worked so hard
And ev'rybody played so rough
That they always had me waitin' on the table
Sweepin' out the stable and stuff !
And so I sold my saddle and my buckin' bronco
And you won't ever catch me near another cowboy
'Cause I can always see 'em in the movin' pictures
A-ridin' and a-shootin' away
Okay !  But I belong in Brooklyn
Hangin' 'round the drugstore
'Roundin' up the sodas all day



(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - November 2004)