Bound Fer Kansas.Whoa haw, Buck, Bound fer Kansas, Dern my luck. Hed three fortunes In my grip, But I hed ter Take a trip. G'lang there, Jerry, Whoa haw, Buck, Bound fer Kansas, Dern my luck. Owned a farm there Long ago, Hundred feet of Salt below. Couldn't rest though Scarce a minute, Though there wuz a Fortune in it. Pulled up stakes fer Further West, Well, I s'pose ye Know the rest. G'lang there, Jerry, Whoa haw, Buck, Bound fer Kansas, Dern my luck. Then got weary And went back, Bought again Another track Down where they hev Gas 'n oil And the richest Kind o' soil. Stayed three years 'n' Moved away___ Gushin' gas well Found next day. G'lang there, Jerry, Whoa haw, Buck, Bound for Kansas Dern my luck. Then moved down to Pleasanton, Swore this move was My last one. Bought a quarter Where there's lead, Raised two crops n' Got ahead. Did'nt know thet Lead wuz there, Lead and zinc now Everywhere. Left that farm fer Arkansaw, Now I'm goin' Back. Whoa! haw__ G'lang there Jerry, Whoa haw, Buck, Bound fer Kansas, Dern my luck. Ef I git in- Side that State, And I'll git there Soon or late, Bet yer life I'll Take my stand Somewhere on a Piece of land, And I'll not be Moved an inch 'Nless a cyclone Gets a cinch, Fer ef I should Lose my hold They'd begin to Diggin, gold. G'lang there, Jerry, Whoa haw, Buck, Bound fer Kansas, Dern my luck. ___From the Pleasanton, Kans., Observer. |
Kansas Zephyrs
Ed. Blair
(Madison, Wis.: American Thresherman. 1901)
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