[Verse 1]
I used to ride a little old speckled roan
I told him lots of things I wouldn't have told at home
I said to the speckled roan, said I, said "I'm so lonesome I could cry
But I ain't gonna be lonesome when I'm grown"

[Verse 2]
I used to ride little old yellow dun
Mending fences, rode him in the rain and sun
I said to the yellow dun, said I, "I'm gonna be rich or know the reason why
Gonna take my money to town and find the fun"

[Verse 3]
And then I bought me big old ropin' grey
Roped for money, and I made it ev'ry day
But I said to the ropin' grey, said I, "I sure do miss that prairie sky" And he let out laughin', and he surely knowed the way

[Verse 4]
I brought my money home, and I brought it home to stay
Couldn't have stayed in town, not another day
I'm gonna live out under a prairie sky, gonna live out there 'til the day I die
With the roan and the dun and a big old ropin' grey