My Rifle, My Pony and Me (1959)

My Rifle, My Pony and Me (1959)
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyricist: Paul Francis Webster
Vocalists: Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

The sun is sinking in the west
The cattle go down to the stream
The redwing settles in the nest
It's time for a cowboy to dream

Purple light in the canyons
That's where I long to be
With my three good companions
Just my rifle, pony and me

Gonna hang (gonna hang)
My sombrero (my sombrero)
On the limb (on the limb)
Of a tree (of a tree)
Coming home (coming home)
Sweetheart darling
(sweetheart darling)
Just my rifle, pony and me
Just my rifle, my pony and me

(Whippoorwill in the willow
Sings a sweet melody
Riding to Amarillo)
Just my rifle, pony and me
No more cows (no more cows)
To be roping (to be roping)
No more strays will I see
Round the bend (round the bend)
She'll be waiting (she'll be waiting)
For my rifle, pony and me
For my rifle, my pony and me