The Cottonwood Tree Songtext
von Johnny Western

There′s a tree growin' on the
hillside with a limb for all the boys to see
And the wind a sighin′ through its
branches says leave another man's belongings be
So pass the jug and we'll drink once
more to the men wherever they may be
That swung in the wind on a rope
from a limb, limb of the Cottonwood Tree
(Cottonwood Tree)


There was men a caught thievin′
horses havin′ rest their souls from up above
Some stow the charms of a woman's
arms devil take the man who steals love
So pass the jug and we′ll drink once
more to the men wherever they may be
That swung in the wind on a rope
from a limb, limb of the Cottonwood Tree
(Cottonwood Tree)

When that tree was dyin' on the hillside
all the boys rode up there through the draw
And the wind a sighin′ through its
branches says never, never laugh at the law
So pass the jug and we'll drink once
more to the men wherever they may be
That swung in the wind on a rope
from a limb, limb of the Cottonwood Tree
(Cottonwood Tree)

Cottonwood Tree