The Prisoned Cowboy Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
The Prisoned Cowboy
Written and Recorded by Hank Snow
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Kind friends you have heard the story
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And the song called Twenty One
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Years
All of how two lovers parted
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Of their sorrow pain and
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tears
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I am another who's heart
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broken
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And I'm in this lonesome
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jail
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I was once an honest ranger
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Tried for fame but soon I
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failed
I was a cowboy singer
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And I played the old
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guitar
But my mind was set on roaming
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started out for lands a
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far
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Soon fell in with bad com
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panions
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And we robbed the southern
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mail
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Shot and killed some helpless lady
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As I think my face grows
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pale
I had a pretty sweetheart
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And she thought the world of
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me
But we parted at the station
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Down in sunny Tenne
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ssee
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Last night from her I got a
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letter
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Saying I can never be your
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bride
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As the moon shone though my window
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I bowed down my head and
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cried
Never more we'll stroll together
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Down in dear old Lover's
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Lane
I must spend my life in prison
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pray on high we'll meet
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again
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Prisoned Cowboy?
- The song The Prisoned Cowboy was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
