DESERT LULLABY (COWBOY LULLABY)
(learned from my father Frank Fitz in about 1947; also from Song Fest)
Desert silv'ry blue beneath the pale moonlight,
Nothin' out there on the plains that you folks need,
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
Coyote yappin' lazy on the hill,
Sleepy winks of light along the far skyline,
Time for millin' cattle to be still,
So, now, the lightnin's far away,
The coyote's nothin' skeery, just singin' to his dearie,
Yah, ho, amolla-holliday, so settle down, ye cattle, till the mornin'.
Nothin' there that oughta catch your eye,
Still you got to watch them or they'll all stampede,
Plungin' down some 'rroyo bank to die,
So, now, the lightnin's far away...