MAN IN THE SADDLE
Title song from the film "Man In The Saddle" (1951)
(Harold Lewis / Ralph Murphy)


Tennessee Ernie Ford (Film Soundtrack) - 1951





Oh, the man in the saddle is a man who rides alone
He's a traveller and his journey never ends

Get along Old Pie, there's a buzzard in the sky
And the waterhole's far, far ahead
For this desert sand surely ain't the promised land
And I wouldn't be found here dead

Oh, the man in the saddle is a man who rides alone
Far away from the bunkhouse and his friends
And the horse he's a -straddled is all he'll ever own
He's a traveller and his journey never ends

Get along Old Pie, there's a buzzard in the sky
Shake your tail, shake your tail, shake your tale
For this desert sand surely ain't the promised land
And I wouldn't be found here dead

Oh, the man in the saddle is a man who rides alone
Far away from the gal he left behind
Gotta ride, ride, ride till we cross the great divide
And we come to the end of the trail






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2014)