Bobby Bare
"The Stranger" lyrics

The Stranger

From the west there came a stranger
I'll tell his story now
And the reason they called him stranger
Is because he loved a cow

Yeah, you might think that loving a cow
Is something sorta strange
But, oh, my friend
Did you ever spend
Six months on the range?

Well, the days get long
And the nights get cold
And a feller gets lonely
And a feller grows old

And a feller starts to wondering
If he'll ever find a pretty
Little golden-haired blue-eyed girl somehow
And a feller goes out
And fucks a cow

A-lee-da-lo-da-lay-hee
Yuh-hoo-hoo
A-lee-da-lo-da-lay-hee
Yuh-hoo-hoo
Get along, little doggie
A-yee-ho-da-lay-hee
Woo-hoo-doo-de-ho, lay-hoo
It's your misfortune
Not my own
Ah, come here
You little old brown-eyed darling you
I love you
Yo-da-lee-da-lay-hee
Yuh-hoo-hoo-hoo, woo-woo-woo
Wow wow

I don't ever fool around
With no ham and cheese