The Pecos Stream [German translation]

A cowboy life is a dreary dreary life

Some say it's free from care

Rounding up cattle from morning to night

In the middle of the prairie so bare

Half past four the noisy cook'll roar

"Roll out boys, it's the breaking of day"

Slowly we rise with sleepy feeling eyes

The sweet dreamy night passed away

The cowboy life is a dreary dreary life

All out in the heat and the cold

While the rich man is sleeping on his velvet couch

And he's dreaming of his silver and gold

Spring sets in and our troubles all begin

The weather being fierce and cold

And we're almost froze from the water on our clothes

And the cattle we can scarcely hold

Oh, the cowboy life is a dreary dreary life

From dawn till setting sun

And then his days work it is not done

There's still his night guard to go on

Now the wolves and the owls and the terrifying howls

Disturb us in our midnight dream

While we're laying in our slickers on a cold rainy night

Way over on the Pecos Stream

You could talk about your farms and your big city charms

You could talk about your silver and gold

But the cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life

When you're driving through the heat and the cold

I once loved to roam, but now I stay at home

All you punchers take my advice

Sell your bridle and your saddle, quit your rowing and travels

And tie on to a pretty little wife