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Words and music by Bob McDill.
Performed by Hound of the Buskervilles.
Recording licensed through easysonglicensing.com

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“Coyotes”
By Bob McDill

Was a cowboy I knew in south Texas,
His face was burnt deep by the sun,
Part history, part sage, part Mexican
He was there when Poncho Villa was young.

And he'd tell you a tale of the old days,
When the country was wild all around,
We’d sit under the stars of the Milky Way,
And drink whiskey while the coyotes howl.

Refrain (yodel):
hoo yip hoo yip hoo
hoodle oo di yip hoo di yip hoo
hoo yip hoo yip hoo
hoo di hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo

Chorus:
Now the long horns are gone,
And the wranglers are gone,
The Comanche are gone,
And the outlaws are gone,
Geronimo is gone,
And Charles Goodnight is gone
And the red wolf is gone
And the buffalo… gone.

Well he cursed all the roads and the fences
He cursed the automobile,
He said there ain’t no place left for an hombre like me
In this new world of asphalt and steel.

He sat and he stared in the distance.
And he saw somethin’ I couldn’t see.
He said the only thing left of the old days
Is them damned old coyotes and me.

Refrain (yodel)
Chorus
One morning his adobe was empty
He left without saying a word
But that night when the moon crossed the mountain
There was one new coyote I heard.

Refrain (yodel)

credits

from Ghosts out in the Rain, released July 3, 2020
Dan Boone, mandolin; Eddie Hysinger, harmonica; Phil Ragland, lead guitar; Marty Rosen, vocals/guitar.

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Dan Boone.
Recording licensed through easysonglicensing.com

Cover art: Tom Russell
Band photo: Lou TIngle

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Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Hound of the Buskervilles searches out interesting, well-wrought songs by writers across the English-speaking world, and interprets them in a distinctively collaborative musical style that highlights the virtuosity of listening.
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