Lyrics of Speckled roan

Jane bowers

I used to ride a little old speckled roan. i told him lots of things i wouldn't have told at home.
I said to the speckled roan, said i, "i'm so lonesome i could die, but i ain't gonna stay lonesome very long."

I used to ride a little ole yellow dun. mending fences, rode him in the rain and sun.
I said to the yellow dun, said i, "i'm gonna be rich or know the reason why. gonna take my money to town and find the fun."

And then i bought me a big old ropin' gray. roped for money and i made it ev'ry day.
But i said to the ropin' gray, said i, "i sure do miss that prairie sky," and he let out laughin' and he surely knowed the way.

I brought my money home and i brought it home to stay. couldn't have stayed in town, not another day.
I'm gonna live out under a prairie sky. gonna live out there 'till the day i die with the roan and the dun and the big old ropin' gray.