Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
He’s a cowboy and a pumpkin
And he loves his cattle so
But there’s no way he gets lumped in
With most cowboys you know
He’s no outlaw, and he won’t quick draw
For he despises violence
Take a fireside moon over your saloon
As he much prefers the silence
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
Well it ain’t no bluff that life is tough
For a gourd out on the range
But for all the woes in the life he chose
He’s never seemed to change
With a smile wide and a kerchief tied
Around his neck slash waist
And he’s never riled when a cow runs wild
As he’ll lasso them post haste
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
But one day when Pumpkin Cowboy was
Out tending to his steer
A frightened child came from town
With a message soft but clear
The townsfolk said that he’d end up dead
If he didn’t heed their warning
For they heard that the Cowboy Cat
Would be there the next morning
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
It was well-known through the prairie
Cowboy Cat had ruined lives
And they said he was a devilish man
Who liked to play with knives
He’d steal your purse, and do much worse
If a hairball made him grouchy
If you summed up some the deeds he’s done
With one word, it’d be ouchie
Ouchie! Ouchie!
Though he had heard tales while on the trails
Of the feline fiend reviled
Pumpkin Cowboy couldn’t leave
For his cow was now with child
If they ran away, she’d have to stay
And she might not survive
So he waited by her side all night
For the scoundrel to arrive
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
Our hero hadn’t realized
That he’d begun to doze
And his mind was awfully groggy
When he finally arose
He touched the ground and sadly found
The thing that he had feared
While he slept under the moonless night
His cow had disappeared
But a moo came from the nearby field
And the cry was harsh and chill
Cat Cowboy held our hero’s cow
And he looked like he could kill
Pumpkin Cowboy spoke in hurried yells
As he pleaded with the Cat
He’d give him all his ranch and land
He’d let him take his hat
But the rascal took no compromise
No hat, nor ranch, nor plain
He said the thing he wanted most
Was just to inflict pain
And as Pumpkin Cowboy heard this
He ran at such a clip
That Cowboy Cat got startled
And the knife began to slip
And they crashed into each other
Cat and Pumpkin, Flesh and Blade
And the knife fell to the arid ground
And the scoundrel stood, then swayed
Cat Cowboy crumpled to the dirt
And Pumpkin kneeled beside
And cow stood vigil next to him
As Pumpkin Cowboy cried
He tipped his hat at Cowboy Cat
And stood without a sound
And when townfolk came to cheer his name
Our hero wasn’t found
Some say he started wandering
For greener fields to roam
But he didn’t bring his cattle
And his horse stayed there at home
The very next morn, the calf was born
The town’s own pride and joy
And the folks will regale you with a Gourd-geous Tale
The tale of a Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy
Pumpkin Cowboy!
Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy He’s a cowboy and a pumpkin And he loves his cattle so But there’s no way he gets lumped in With most cowboys you know He’s no outlaw, and he won’t quick draw For he despises violence Take a fireside moon over your saloon As he much prefers the silence Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy Well it ain’t no bluff that life is tough For a gourd out on the range But for all the woes in the life he chose He’s never seemed to change With a smile wide and a kerchief tied Around his neck slash waist And he’s never riled when a cow runs wild As he’ll lasso them post haste Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy But one day when Pumpkin Cowboy was Out tending to his steer A frightened child came from town With a message soft but clear The townsfolk said that he’d end up dead If he didn’t heed their warning For they heard that the Cowboy Cat Would be there the next morning Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy It was well-known through the prairie Cowboy Cat had ruined lives And they said he was a devilish man Who liked to play with knives He’d steal your purse, and do much worse If a hairball made him grouchy If you summed up some the deeds he’s done With one word, it’d be ouchie Ouchie! Ouchie! Though he had heard tales while on the trails Of the feline fiend reviled Pumpkin Cowboy couldn’t leave For his cow was now with child If they ran away, she’d have to stay And she might not survive So he waited by her side all night For the scoundrel to arrive Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy Our hero hadn’t realized That he’d begun to doze And his mind was awfully groggy When he finally arose He touched the ground and sadly found The thing that he had feared While he slept under the moonless night His cow had disappeared But a moo came from the nearby field And the cry was harsh and chill Cat Cowboy held our hero’s cow And he looked like he could kill Pumpkin Cowboy spoke in hurried yells As he pleaded with the Cat He’d give him all his ranch and land He’d let him take his hat But the rascal took no compromise No hat, nor ranch, nor plain He said the thing he wanted most Was just to inflict pain And as Pumpkin Cowboy heard this He ran at such a clip That Cowboy Cat got startled And the knife began to slip And they crashed into each other Cat and Pumpkin, Flesh and Blade And the knife fell to the arid ground And the scoundrel stood, then swayed Cat Cowboy crumpled to the dirt And Pumpkin kneeled beside And cow stood vigil next to him As Pumpkin Cowboy cried He tipped his hat at Cowboy Cat And stood without a sound And when townfolk came to cheer his name Our hero wasn’t found Some say he started wandering For greener fields to roam But he didn’t bring his cattle And his horse stayed there at home The very next morn, the calf was born The town’s own pride and joy And the folks will regale you with a Gourd-geous Tale The tale of a Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy Pumpkin Cowboy!
Such a tragic tale.