While I left my home, and I started to roam With a lasso by the side Got my beams of bread on the circly spread Pushing doggies down the great divide When the stars come out, without a doubt You can hear my cowboy yell I'm pushing them down to Las Vegas town But when I get there, none can tell Get on the run, the work has just begun There's a tatter needs your hide You'll sing like a bird when a thousand head herds Start to roll down the great divide Where the coyotes wail on the western trail When the moon comes sailing by Where the cactus grows and the blizzard blows Till the snowdrifts pile so high Where the rattlesnake and rustler Form a team that's mean and tough Every man's a friend to the bitter end They're diamonds in the rough A long-arm steer comes charging clear The boss yells, cowboy, ride Those long-arms glanced and they hit my pants Set me rolling down the great divide Roll, doggie, roll on plenty There's a home and a dancing town beside I'm going to get my gat and I'll make you scat Start rolling down the great divide When the boys hit town, the drink stood down They all got fighting mad They land in jail, the boss gives bail But his language sure isn't bad Get on the run, the work has just begun There's a tatter needs your hide You'll sing like a bird when a thousand head herds Start to roll down the great divide Where the coyotes wail on the western trail When the moon comes sailing by Where the cactus grows and the blizzard blows Till the snowdrifts pile so high Where the rattlesnake and rustler Form a team that's mean and tough Every man's a friend to the bitter end They're diamonds in the rough Hold the long-arms, dear, come charging clear The boss yells, cowboy, ride Those long-arms glanced and they hit my pants Set me rolling down the great divide Get on the run, the work has just begun There's a tatter needs your hide You'll sing like a bird when a thousand head herds Start to roll down the great divide Where the coyotes wail on the western trail When the moon comes sailing by Where the rattlesnake and rustler Form a team that's mean and tough Every man's a friend to the bitter end They're diamonds in the rough Hold the long-arms, dear, come charging clear The boss yells, cowboy, ride