Hank Snow — The Land Of My Childhood Dreams

Alone in a great big city I'm as lonesome as I can be Far from the open spaces And a home that is dear to me It's years since I left the prairies Where coyotes roam at night And howl while the stars are blinking And the moon shines clear and bright I'm getting so old and feeble My days are nearly done Oh! how I long for the prairies Where the cattle and mustangs run Take me out there where the cowboys Sing in the campfire's gleam Oh! let me rest out in Texas The land of my boyhood dreams; For I'm getting so old and feeble My days are nearly done Oh! how I long for the prairies Where the cattle and mustangs roam