Intro
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Verse 1
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he would ride up to the cabin in the evening 
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and sit beside the fire for a while 
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then spin the tallest story from his young days 
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and we could see the twinkle in his eyes 
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did you bring that old guitar strapped to your saddle 
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maybe we could have a sing-a-long 
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to only kind of music that we could sing to 
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an old fashioned cowboy song 
 
Verse 2
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we always used to call him uncle stranger 
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he only came around but once a year 
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he always brought a gift for all us children 
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and another story we all love to hear 
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but the best times I remember was the singing 
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we always got a chance to sing along 
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to the only kind of music we could follow 
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an old fashioned country song 
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Hank Williams always was our favourite 
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And Eddie Arnold’s famous cattle call 
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And Jimmy Rogers lonesome hopeful grain songs 
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And thank the yodeling ranger riding tall 
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And Mother Mabel and the carter Family 
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In harmony we’d try to sing along 
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Then off to bed we’d go 
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We’d be dreaming 
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Of an old fashioned cowboy song 
 
Verse 3
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We’d drive 5000 cattle across the border 
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And we could stop a stampede on our own 
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And bareback Boston broncos on the prairie 
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With beat necks on that strawberry road 
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And we’ll say our last goodbye to uncle stranger 
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He’s going somewhere we can’t come along sometimes I can hear him in the evening 
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With an old fashioned cowboy song 
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sometimes I can hear him in the evening 
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With an old fashioned cowboy song