Cowboy From Brooklyn (Published edition)

Written for: Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938)
Performer: Studio Orchestra (as instrumental); Dick Powell (OUT-TAKE)
Lyric: Johnny Mercer
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1938
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

Chorus:

When I was just a little shaver back in Brooklyn,
I always thought that I would like to be a cowboy,
Because I loved to see 'em in the movin' pictures,
A-ridin' and a-shootin' away.
And so, as I grew up, I saved a lotta money,
I bought a saddle and I bought a buckin' bronco,
I said good-bye to all the fellas back in Brooklyn
And went to Arizona one day.
But I'll tell you, pard,
I worked so hard,
And ev'rybody played so rough;
That they always had me waitin' on the table,
Sweepin' out the stable and stuff!
And so, I sold my saddle and my buckin' bronco,
And you won't ever catch me near another cowboy,
'Cause I can always see 'em in the movin' pictures,
A-ridin' and a-shootin' away,
Okay!
But I belong in Brooklyn
Hangin' 'round the drug-store,
Roundin' up the sodas all day.