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# On a prairie rose #
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# A true thoroughbred #
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# From her head
to her toes #
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#That there
was Slewfoot Sue #
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# Sweet Sue #
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Slewfoot Sue. Huh!
I´d rather hear about the coyotes.
:58:30
Yes, Uncle Roy,
you started to say--
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Why the coyotes howl
at the moon that way?.
:58:34
You´re right, honey,
but it all fits together.
:58:37
Can´t tell one
without the other,
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because the story of Bill
and that Slewfoot gal...
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is the story of coyotes
and why they howl.
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I´m gettin´ down
to the details right now.
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Now, here on the map
ofthe old U.S.,
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completely surrounded
bywilderness, lies Texas.
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-[Cowboy] Amen,
- ´Course, there´s some other
states scattered around.
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- Yeah, like Wyoming,
- Milwaukee,
:59:03
-And Long Island Sound,
- Right,
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[Roy Rogers ]
Down Texas way a river flows,
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Where it comes from,
nobody knows,
:59:10
Where it´s a-goin´
don´t no one care,
:59:13
Just doggone glad
it´s a-leavin´ there,
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- That there´s the Pecos River,
- She was pure alkali,
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Just naturally mean water,
:59:22
Why, the buzzards
won ´t even touch it,
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-## [ Whistling ]
- Into this fertile garden spot,,,
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once there come
a prairie cart,
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- [ Shouti ng, Chatteri ng ]
- There was Ma and Pa and 1 6 brats,
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four hound dogs--
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[ Cowboy ]
Yeah, and a couple of cats,
:59:39
[ Roy Rogers ]All a-goin´ west,
lookin´ for elbow room,
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Sure could use
some ofthe same,
:59:45
Crossin´ the Pecos River bed,
somethin´ fell out and lit on his head,
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Folks didn´t even know
he was gone,
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Ol´ wagon just kept
a-rollin´along,
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Yep, it was Bill,
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Poor little critter,