Me and my Uncle

ME AND MY UNCLE

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[V1]
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ME AND MY UNCLE WENT RIDIN’ DOWN FROM COLORADO, SOUTH TEXAS BOUND
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AND WE STOPPED OFF IN SANTA FE, BEIN’ A POINT THAT’S JUST ABOUT HALF WAY
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AND BESIDES IT WAS THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY

[V2]
WE LEAD OUR PONIES INTO A STALL
WENT TO THE BAR BOYS, BOUGHT DRINKS FOR ALL
THREE DAYS IN THE SADDLE, MY BODY HURT
IT BEING SUMMER, I TOOK OFF MY SHIRT
TRIED TO WASH OFF SOME OF THAT DUST AND DIRT

[V3]
SOUTH TEXAS COWBOYS, ALL OVER TOWN
WITH GOLD AND SILVER, THEY WAS LADEN DOWN,
JUST BACK FROM ROUNDUP, AND NOT ASHAMED,
SO MY UNCLE, HE STARTS A FRIENDLY GAME,
It WAS HIGH-LOW JACK AND THE WINNER TAKES THE HAND.

[V4]
FROM THE BEGINNIN’
MY UNCLE STARTS WIN,
THEM TEXAS COWBOYS GETS MAD AS SIN,
SOME SAID HE WAS CHEATIN’
BUT THAT CAN’T BE,
CAUSE MY UNCLE, HE’S AS HONEST AS ME,
AND THAT’S JUST ABOUT AS HONEST AS A DENVER MAN CAN BE.

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THEN ONE OF THEM COWBOYS HE STARTS TO DRAW,
I TOOK A BOTTLE, CRACKED HIM ON THE JAW
I WINGED ANOTHER, HE WON’T SEE OLD,
IN THE CONFUSION, MY UNCLE GRABBED THE GOLD,
AND WE HIGHTAILED DOWN THAT ROAD TO MEXICO.

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SO HERE’S TO COWBOYS, AND HERE’S TO GOLD,
HERE’S TO MY UNCLE, GOD REST HIS SOUL,
HE TAUGHT ME WELL BOYS, TAUGHT ME ALL I KNOW,
TAUGHT ME SO WELL BOYS, THAT I TOOK HIS GOLD.
AND I LEFT HIM HALF DEAD LAYIN’ BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

[REPEAT V6]
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THEN I HIGHTAILED DOWN THAT ROAD TO MEXICO.