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I Dreamed Count Basie Was A Cowboy Lyrics by Don Burnham

I Dreamed Count Basie Was A Cowboy

2011

I DREAMED COUNT BASIE WAS A COWBOY
© 2007 Don Burnham (BMI) Words and Music
I’ve been having trouble sleeping ‘cause I’m restless and I fret
So last night I drank some special herbal tea
It relaxed me so at bedtime - I sank in slumber so sublime
Somehow the darndest notion come to me
I dreamed Count Basie was a cowboy
I dreamed he had a cowboy band
That old piano-pounder was a rancher and a rounder
Stridin’ and swingin’ was the Basie brand
I dreamed Count Basie was a cowboy
Whoa you should have heard that outfit blow
They were long on horns and chops and chaps
The boss wore Stetsons now ‘stead of caps
A wee bit strange on the range perhaps
When I dreamed Count Basie was cowboy
I dreamed it was April In Paris
Here comes Mister Five By Five
Sonny and Freddy, Walter and Teddy
Sixteen Men Swingin that jive
Doagies Jumpin’ at the Woodside
Harry and Eddie and Joe
Frank and Buck are ropin’ Tickle Toe
Lester Leaps In and he steals the show
They brand ’em on the rump with the One O’Clock Jump
When I dreamed Count Basie was a cowboy
Count’s horse, of course, was Lil Darlin’
And she’s eatin’ hay from Every Tub
Nothin’ seemed phony ‘bout that Cute Little Pony
Swingin’ on all fours, munchin’ her grub
I dreamed Count Basie was a cowboy
Whoa you should have heard that outfit blow
After Supper in the bunkhouse they’d Strike Up The Band
And each and every cowpoke was a danged tophand
Solid As A Rock you must understand
When I dreamed Count Basie was a cowboy
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Don Burnham

Don Burnham

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