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Last Of The Singing Cowboys

This version of Last Of The Singing Cowboys was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1979.

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In the corner of dark bar room
Sat an ole’ cowboy singin’ western tunes
Singin’ songs he learned as a child
All about the West back when it was wild
He said he came from down Texas way
The cowboys were tough
The women the same way
Said he was a star back in ’31
Hollywood had liked him for some songs that he had done

He’s the last of the singin’ cowboys
Singin’ songs of inspiration and joy
Yippie Yi Yo, Yippie Ay Aye
He took a break, just to chug him down a beer
C’mon folks holler out the songs you’d like to hear
If I know one, I know a million tunes
I’m not up here playin’ for me
This is all just for you
And then he bragged on the Stinson hat that he wore
Said it was the finest made since the war
And he won the silver buckle ridin’ on a cow
And as he laughed he said
I’ll bet you’re wonderin’ how?

He’s the last of the singin’ cowboys
Singin’ songs of inspiration and joy
Yippie Yi Yo, Yippie Ay A ye

And after three hours or maybe more
A lady grabbed his arm
and showed him to the door
The bartender said, “he’s blind, you see
Don’t tell him the only audience he had was you and me”

‘Cause he’s the last of the singin’ cowboys
Singin songs of inspiration and joy
Yippie Yi Yo, Yippie Ay A ye

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You can understand the lyrics to Last Of The Singing Cowboys if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Last Of The Singing Cowboys" means the words set to the music of Last Of The Singing Cowboys, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Marshall Tucker Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Last Of The Singing Cowboys and the lyrics to Last Of The Singing Cowboys are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Marshall Tucker Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Last Of The Singing Cowboys, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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