Cowboy Don’t Forget Your Mother

[Verse 1]
As the sun was slowly setting on a summers day
Lying on a saddle blanket a dying cowboy lay
Comrade gather close around me
I'll soon be on my way
And to you I'll tell my story, listen what I say

[Chorus]
Cowboy don't forget your mother, write a letter home
Though you've grown into manhood and you've chanced to roam
I know mother sad and lonely living all alone
On this earth I near can see her send my letter home

[Verse 2]
Tell her how I loved to see her though shes far away
But I'll meet her up in heaven on that judgement day
Tell hеr that I've still her picture and lock of goldеn hair
I'll be waiting for you mother on that golden stair

[Chorus]
Cowboy don't forget your mother, write a letter home
Though you've grown into manhood and you've chanced to roam
I know mother sad and lonely living all alone
On this earth I near will see her send my letter home

[Verse 3]
While a mellow moon was shining on the prairie crest
In a grave just 6 by 3 we laid him down to rest
Many times we go a riding by his lonely grave
It brings back those haunting memories of when we heard him say

[Chorus]
Cowboy don't forget your mother, write a letter home
Though you've grown into manhood and you've chanced to roam
I know mother sad and lonely living all alone
On this earth I near can see her send my letter home