COWBOY JIMMY JOE
(Fini Busch / Werner Scharfenberger)


Alma Cogan - 1961



Beneath the prairie skies
In dreams I'd like to ride
Beyond the stars 
With Cowboy Jimmy Joe

Cowboy Jimmy Joe
Many years ago
Left the rolling prairie
Wandered far away
Hitched a place to stay
In the noisy town

Cowboy Jimmy Joe 
Made a fortune grow
But he stayed a cowboy
Longing for a place 
Full of empty space
Where a man is free

Beneath the prairie skies in dreams
He used to ride beyond the stars
Where sad coyotes roam
He'd listen to the cries that echo
>From the sighs of old guitars
That call a cowboy home

Beneath the prairie skies in dreams
I'd like to ride beyond the stars
Where cowboys long to go
I'd listen to the cries that echo
>From the sighs of old guitars
With cowboy Jimmy Joe
With cowboy Jimmy Joe






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)