by Belle Starr (1848 - 1889)
Bucking bronco
Language: English
My love is a rider, my love is a rider ... My true love is a rider wild broncos he breaks, though he promised to quit for my sake. It's one foot in the stirrup and the saddle put on with a swing and a jump he is mounted and gone. The first time I met him it was early one spring a riding a bronco a high headed thing. The next time I saw him 'twas late in the fall a swinging the girls at Tomlinson's ball. He gave me some presents among them a ring the return that I gave him was a far better thing; A young maiden's heart, I'd have you all know, that he won it by riding his bucking bronco. Now all young maidens, where're you reside, beware of the cowboy who swings rawhide, He'll court you and pet you and leave you to go in the spring up the trail on his bucking bronco.
Text Authorship:
- by Belle Starr (1848 - 1889) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Bucking bronco", from Three Cowboy Songs, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-07
Line count: 17
Word count: 160