Above in the pale western sky
And I'm longing for you, little darlin'
And my old home of days gone by
stroll through the valley
Mid the flowers in old lover's lane
And you'd whisper so sweet,
But those words they were only in vain
And one day I rode far away
From my home and to the past
Their cowboy had wandered away
I met with a tough gang of outlaws
When I learned of their fate was too late
So I turned to a hard shield and gunman
But a cold prison cell was my fate
Oh, dilly, oh, dilly, oh, dilly
Roll along, Texas moon, keep on shinin'
On the one who still waits for me
Tell her her cowboy is headin'
For the place I have longed to be
Just say that her cowboy still loves her
And her face he still longs to see
Tell her I thank God for her only
And I'm heading home, back home today
