Front Row Cowboy lyrics

On Saturday mornings I’d ride to the movies,

booted and spurred on my horse made of tin,

tie up my cayuse1 outside on the pavement,

lay down my sixpence, then I’d mosey on in.

I’d sit in the front rows with the other young cowboys,

waitin’ for Roy to appear on the screen,

waitin’ for Roy and his golden horse Trigger

to carry me off into my favorite dream.

Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers, oh you were my hero,2

a man made of steel on a horse made of gold.

Together we rode through the days of my childhood.

Memories, like heroes, they never grow old.

Together we rode over mountains and valleys,

and camped out a night ’neath the wide prairie sky.

We’d sing cowboy songs as we sat by the campfire,

while out in the darkness a wild coyote cried.

Yi-pi-tie-yi-yo, baked beans and coffee,

tall tales and true as we sat by the fire,

then up in the morning and away we’d go riding.

Two gay caballeros, two heroes for hire.

Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers, oh you were my hero,

a man made of steel on a horse made of gold.

Together we rode through the days of my childhood.

Memories, like heroes, they never grow old.

And now I’m a man, and I’ve hung up my six-gun,

no more do I ride on a horse made of tin.

Now I ride subways, and freeways, and railways;

instead of a six-gun I now wield a pen.

But part of my heart will always be ridin’

along the bright canyons and the wild forest ways,

along with Roy Rogers, my faithful companion,

into the sunset of my childhood days.

Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers, oh you were my hero,

a man made of steel on a horse made of gold.

Together we rode through the days of my childhood.

Memories, like heroes, they never grow old.

He was my friend, yes, he was my friend,

he never let me down.

He was honest and faithful right up to the end.

I loved Roy Rogers ’cause he was my friend.3

1. cayuse is an archaic name for a race of small horses in the American West. The name comes from the Cayuse people.2. Roy Rogers was an American actor who appeared in numerous western movies, especially in the 1940s and 1950s. He was known as "King of the Cowboys", and often teamed up with his golden Palomino horse named Trigger.3. This stanza is a homage to Roy Roger’s song A Four Legged Friend.

• Artist:Eric Bogle