RIDE TENDERFOOT RIDE
From the film "Cowboy From Brooklyn" (1938)
(Johnny Mercer / Richard A. Whiting)

Dick Powell & Priscilla Lane (Film Soundtrack) - 1938
Dick Todd - 1938
Jack Hylton & His Orch. (vocal: Bruce Trent) - 1938
Gene Autry - 1940
Also recorded by: Bing Crosby.


Ride, tenderfoot, ride tonight
See the old rangers there at your side, tonight
They're fast company
So if you wanna be a cowboy
Then you gotta ride, tenderfoot, ride !
You gotta hit the trail
In Oklahoma when the moon is pale
And get to Texas with the mornin' mail
'Fore you can be a cowboy
You gotta rope and throw
You gotta get your share of buffalo
And win the money at the Rodeo
'Fore you can be a cowboy (whistle)
You gotta tend your cattle the best you can
Hold your "likker" like a man
And ride, tenderfoot, ride tonight !
See the old range riders there at your side tonight
They're fast company
So if you wanna be a cowboy
Then you gotta ride, tenderfoot, ride !
Ride, ride, ride !



(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - November 2004)