Jim Bob Tinsley, in his book He Was Singin’ This Song, points out that large herds of cattle were driven from San Antonio, Texas up through Oklahoma (near Fort Supply), past Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Neb., right into northeast Wyoming or on up to Montana. They sold their cattle to the government to feed soldiers and to feed the Indians who were being forced to stay on reservations. The first to do it was cattleman Nelson Story in 1866. Some of them did, as this song mentions, bob off the tails to quickly identify their cattle from others on the trail. It was all over in about 20 years with the arrival of barbed wire.
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As [D] I was out [G] walking one [D] morning for [A] pleasure
I [D] spied a cow- [G] puncher a- [D] ridin a [A] long.
His [D] hat was throwed [G] back and his [D] spurs were a [A] jinglin’
And [A] as he ap- [G] proached he was [A] singin’ this [G] song.
CHORUS:
2.
It’s [D] early in the [G] springtime that we [D] round up the [A] doggies.
We [D] rope ‘em and [G] brand ‘em and [D] bob off their [A] tails.
We [D] round up the [G] horses, load up the chuck [A] wagons,
And [D] drive them ol’ [G] dogies out [A] on to the [D] trail.
REPEAT CHORUS
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Little Dogies
Whoopee [G] ti-yi-yo get a [D] long little dogies
It’s your misfortune and none of [A] my own.
Whoopee [G] ti-yi-yo get a- [D] long little dogies.
You know Wyoming will [A] be your new [D] home.
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