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COWBOY JACK Sung by: B.F. Anderson (assisted by Roland Taylor, George T. Jones, Matt Darnell, and Ernest Bruce) Recorded in Poughkeepsie, AR 9/8/61 Click here to listen to the original recording With a heart both brave and true, And he learned to love a maiden With eyes of heavenly blue. They learned to love each other, And they named their wedding day. When a quarrel came between them, And Jackie rode away. He joined a band of cowboys And tried to forget her name, But out on the lonely prairie, She waits for him the same. Your sweetheart waits for you, Jack, Your sweetheart waits for you, Out on the lonely prairie, Where the skies are always blue. One night when work was finished, Just at the close of day, Someone said, “Sing a song, Jack. We’ll drive your cares away.” As Jack began his singing, His mind, it wandered back To his once dear loved little maiden, Who’s waiting for her Jack. He left the camp next morning, Breathing his sweetheart’s name. He said he’d ask forgiveness, For he knew he was to blame, But when he reached the prairie, He found a newmade mound. His friends, they sadly told him They had laid his loved one down. They said as she was dying She breathed her sweetheart’s name. They said she said to tell him, To tell him when he came: “Your sweetheart waits for you, Jack, Your sweetheart waits for you Out on the lonely prairie, Where the skies are always blue. |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |