Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

<p class="tit-song">OLD PAINT<SPAN id="footnotetag6" name="footnotetag6"></SPAN><SPAN href="#footnote6">[6]</SPAN> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page329" name="page329"></SPAN>(p. 329)</span></p> <p>REFRAIN:<br/> Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne,<br/> Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne,&mdash;</p> <p>My foot in the stirrup, my pony won't stand;<br/> Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.</p> <p>I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne, I'm off for Montan';<br/> Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.</p> <p>I'm a ridin' Old Paint, I'm a-leadin' old Fan;<br/> Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.</p> <p>With my feet in the stirrups, my bridle in my hand;<br/> Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.</p> <p>Old Paint's a good pony, he paces when he can;<br/> Goodbye, little Annie, I'm off for Cheyenne.</p> <p>Oh, hitch up your horses and feed 'em some hay,<br/> And seat yourself by me so long as you stay.</p> <p>My <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page330" name="page330"></SPAN>(p. 330)</span> horses ain't hungry, they'll not eat your hay;<br/> My wagon is loaded and rolling away.</p> <p>My foot in my stirrup, my reins in my hand;<br/> Good-morning, young lady, my horses won't stand.</p> <p>Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.<br/> Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />