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When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wingsby Willie Watson and Tim Blake Nelson

Album: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) License This Song  songfacts ®

• Let me tell you, buddyThere's a faster gunComing over yonderWhen tomorrow comesLet me tell you, buddyAnd it won't be longTill you find yourself singingYour last cowboy songYippee-ki-iy-ayWhen the round-up endsYippee-ki-iy-ayAnd the campfire dimsYippee-ki-iy-ayHe shouts and he singsWhen a cowboy trades his spurs for wingsWhen they wrap my bodyIn the thin linen sheetAnd they take my six ironsPull the boots from my feetUnsaddle my ponyShe'll be itching to roamI'll be halfway to heavenUnder horsepower of my ownYippee-ki-iy-ayWhen the round-up endsYippee-ki-iy-ayAnd the campfire dimsYippee-ki-iy-ayHe shouts and he singsWhen a cowboy trades his spurs for wingsYippee-ki-iy-ayI'm glory-boundNo more jingle jangleI lay my guns downYippee-ki-iy-ayHe shouts and he singsWhen a cowboy trades his spurs for wings Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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Comments: 3

• Ben from PortlandYeah, Spotify lyrics show it as "thin linen sheet" and I'm 99.9% sure it's meant to be "bindlin' sheet" it's just that "bindlin'" isn't really used much these days
• Rick from El Cajon, CaHogsworth's comment is correct. The word is "bindlin' sheet" and not "thin linen sheet". Willie Watson sings this solo and uses that word. I perform this song solo and in my band and we pretty much follow Willie Watson's solo version with some inflections of our own.
• HogsworthI'm pretty sure it's "bindlin' sheet" rather than "thin linen sheet" - a bindle being an old American dialect word for something that's wrapped up.

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