An early cowboy song, 1907.
words by Harry Williams
music by Egbert Van Alstyne
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Just as the moon was peeping o’er the hill
After the work was through
There sat a cowboy and his partner Bill
Cowboy was feeling blue
Bill says, “Come down Pal, down into town Pal
Big time for me and you
Don’t mind your old gal you know its “cold” Pal
If what you say is true
Where is she now”, Bill cried
And his partner just replied
Chorus
San Antoni Antonio
She hopped up on a pony and ran away with Tony
If you see her just let me know
And I’ll meet you in San Antonio
- You know that pony that she rode away
That horse belongs to me
So do the trinkets that she stowed away
I was the big mark E
I won’t resent it I might have spent it
Plunging with Faro Jack
If she’s not happy there with her chappie
Tell her I’ll take her back
No tender foot like him
Could love her like her boy Jim
Sung here by Fred Feild: