When the Work's All Done This Fall Lyrics
When the Work's All Done This Fall - Marty Robbins
Written by：M. Robbins
A group of jolly cowboys discussing plans at ease
Said one I'll tell you something boys
If you will listen please
I'm an old cow puncher
Or here I'm dressed in rags
I used to be a tough one
And go on great big jags
I have got a home boys
A good one you all know
Although I haven't seen it since long long ago
I'm going back to Dixie
Once more to see them all
I'm going home to mother
When the work's all done this fall
That night this very cowboy
Went out to stand his guard
The night was dark and stormy
Was raining very hard
The cattle they got frightened
And they rushed in wild stampede
The cowboy tried to turn them
While riding at full speed
Riding in the darkness
Loudly he did shout
Trying his best to stop them
Or turn the herd about
His saddle horse did stumble
And upon him it did fall
Poor boy won't see his mother
When the work's all done this fall
Fred you take my saddle
Jim you take my bed
Johnny take my pistol after I am dead
Think about me kindly
As you look upon them all
I'll not see my mother
When the work's all done this fall
They buried Charlie at daybreak
No tombstone at his head
Nothing but a little board
And this is what it said
Charlie died at daybreak
He died from a fall
Poor boy won't see his mother
When the work's all done this fall