The Farmer And The Cowman

Hey, hey

I'm talking you Chalmers, you great big mule

You just dropped that beam

I never dropped nothin'

One of you dumb cow folks let it go

Oh, yeah?

Yeah (c'mon)

Yeah (c'mon)

The farmer and the cowman should be friends

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends

One man likes to push a plough

The other likes to chase a cow

But that's no reason why they can't be friends

Territory folks should stick together

Territory folks should all be pals

Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters

Farmers dance with the ranchers' girls

Territory folks should stick together

Territory folks should all be pals

Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters

Farmers dance with the ranchers' girls

C'mon, Andrew, help me out here

I'd like to say a word for the farmer (well, say it)

He come out west and made a lot of changes

He come out west and built a lot of fences (right)

And built 'em right across our cattle ranges

Why ain't those dirt scratchers stay in Missouri where they belong?

Hell, we got as much right here as anybody else (oh, let me at him)

You reckon so? (I reckon so)

C'mon, I'll kill him (gentlemen, shut up)

The farmer is a good and thrifty citizen (oh, he's thrifty, alright)

No matter what the cowman says or thinks

You'll seldom see him drinkin' in a barroom (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)

Unless somebody else is buying drinks

But, the farmer and the cowman should be friends

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends

The cowman ropes a cow with ease

The farmer steals her butter and cheese

But that's no reason why they can't be friends

Territory folks should stick together

Territory folks should all be pals

Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters

Farmers dance with the ranchers' girls

I'd like to say a word for the cowboy (oh, you would)

The road he treads is difficult and stony

He rides for days on end with just a pony for a friend

I sure am feelin' sorry fer the pony

The farmer should be sociable with the cowboy

If he rides by and asks for food and water

Don't treat him like a lous, make him welcome in your house

But be sure that you lock up your wife and daughter

Ha, who needs an old farm woman any way?

Noticed you married one so you can get a square meal

Hey, you can't talk that way about our women, folks (shut up)

He can say why he want to say (hey, you, you, hush)

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Ain't nobody gonna slug out anythin'

This here is a party

Sing it, Andrew

Dum-didy-um-dum-dum

The farmer and the cowman should be friends

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends

One man likes to push a plough

The other likes to chase a cow

But that's no reason why they can't be friends

And when this territory is a state

And joins the Union just like all the others

The farmer, and cowman, and the merchant

Must all behave their selves and act like brothers

I'd like to teach you all a little sayin'

And learn these words by heart the way you should

I don't say, "I'm no better than anybody else"

But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good

I don't say, "I'm no better than anybody else"

But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good

Territory folks should stick together

Territory folks should all be pals

Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters

Farmers dance with the ranchers' girls

Oh, oh, oh

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Whoa!

Whoa!

Territory folks should stick together

Territory folks should all be pals

Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters

Farmers dance with the ranchers' girls

Whoa!