cowboy with his sweetheart stood beneath a starlit sky
Tomorrow he was leaving for the lonesome prairie wide
She said, ''I'll be your loving bride when you return
someday.''
He handed her a broken ring and to her he did say.
''You'll find upon that ring sweetheart my name engraved in
gold
And I shall keep the other half which bears your name you
know.''
He went away to ride and toil this cowboy brave and bold
But long he stayed and while he strayed the maiden's love
grew cold.
Three years had passed, he did not come, and Nell will wed
tonight
Her father said an Earl would make her happy home so bright
The lights were gaily glowing as they stood there side by
side
''Let's drink a toast to this young man and to his lovely
bride.''
Just then there stood within the door a figure tall and
slim
A handsome cowboy was their guest and slowly he walked in
''I'll drink with you a toast.'' said he, and quickly in
her glass
He dropped his half of wedding ring, then anxiously he
watched.
She tipped her glass and from her lips a ring fell shining
bright
The token she had longed to see lay there beneath the light
''Though years have been between us dear, love won our last
long fight,
It's you my cowboy sweetheart and my Jack I'll wed
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