From the 1948 film “Paleface”
words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
A western ranch is just a branch
Of Nowhere Junction to me
Gimme the city where livin’s pretty
And the gals wear finery
Refrain
East is east and west is west
And the wrong one I have chose
Let’s go where you’ll keep on wearin’
Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows
Rings and things and buttons and bows
Don’t bury me in this prairie
Take me where the cement grows
Let’s move down to some big town
Where they love a gal by the cut o’ her clothes
And you’ll stand out in buttons and bows
I’ll love you in buckskin
Or skirts that you’ve homespun
But I’ll love ya’ longer, stronger
Where yer friends don’t tote a gun
My bones denounce the buckboard bounce
And the Cactus hurts my toes
Let’s vamoose where gals keep usin’
Those silks and satins and linen that shows
And you’re all mine in buttons and bows
Sung here by Fred Feild: