When The Works All Done This Fall

Cover, rate, and enjoy! G G A group of jolly cowboys C discussing plans at ease D One I’ll tell you, something boys G If you will listen, please G I am an old cow-puncher C And here I’m dressed in rags D Used to be a tough one G And I went on great big jags C But I’ve got a home boys C A good one that you all know D Though I haven’t seen it G Since long, long ago G I’m a-going to Alberta C Once more to see them all D Going to see my mother G When the work’s all done this fall | G | C | D | G | G That very night this cowboy C Went out to stand his guard D The night was dark and dreary G And storming very hard G The cattle they got frightened C And rushed in a wild stampede D The cowboy tried to head them out G Riding at full speed G While a-riding in the darkness C So loudly did he shout D Trying his best to head them G And turn the herd about G His saddle-horse did stumble C And on him, it did fall D The boy won’t see his mother G When the works all done this fall | G | C | D | G | G The body was so mangled C Boys all thought him dead D They picked him up so gently D And laid him on a bed G He opened wide his blue eyes C And looking all around D Motioned with his comrades D To sit with him on the ground G “Boys send my mother my wages C My wages I have earned D For I am afraid, boys D The last steer I have turned G Going to the new range C I hear my master’s call D I won’t see my mother D When the work’s all done this fall G C Give Sully Bill my six-gun, Jake can have my bed D Pat can have my saddle after I get dead G Boys think of me kindly C When you look upon them all D I won’t see my mother D When the work’s all done this fall G Poor Charlie was buried at sunrise C No tombstone at his head D Nothin but a little board D And this is what it said: G “‘Charlie died at daybreak C He died from a fall D The boy won’t see his mother D When the work’s all done this fall