Key: G major•
Verse 1
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C
Johnny Ware was born in slavery
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G
he made his final run
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is covered in travail
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F
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Just a cowpoke on some cattle drive
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C
along the Chisholm Trail
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G
came lookin' for a crew,
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C
and dust was in the air,
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G
Among the drovers on the drive
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resourceful, and fair,
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G
These are the pseudonyms
of a cowboy
The mighty herd consisted of three
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C
thousand head or more
Bound for old Alberta
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C
While the big bar you was waiting
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for the cattle to arrive
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The boss Tom Lynch
The day they finally did arrive
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the stories that were told
They said the deeds of Johnny Ware
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G
were something to behold
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and made him quite the pet
Then he brought the cattle rustlers
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in with just his lariat
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resourceful and fair
of a cowboy
Now Johnny said he'd like to stay
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to work the big bar you
And pretty soon there was no job
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that Johnny couldn't do
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and bulldog any steer
He always took the hardest jobs
and made them look like fun
He'd share his food and blankets
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The old Fort McLeod Gazette
said nothing could compare
With the greatest cowboy all around,
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the cowboy Johnny Ware
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resourceful and fair
These are the pseudonyms
He worked upon the Quarren Ranch,
they said he was the best
His name was now a byword
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in the old Canadian West
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to the town of Calgary
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For I've got a little negro gal
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and I hope she'll marry me
On a little ranch near Millerville
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the couple settled down
They soon became a family with
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neighbors all around
by the old folks and the young
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If only history could record
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the praises that were sung
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resourceful and fair,
By the year 1905
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Alberta signed her name,
A province now of Canada
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so proudly she became,
was upon the whole frontier,
Alberta lost her number
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one cowboy pioneer.
His smile and example
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are the spirit of the plains,
Never to be forgotten
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by the men who ride the reins.
and some have skill to spare,
But the greatest cowboy of them all
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was a cowboy, Johnny Ware.
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resourceful, and fair,
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