Lone Buckaroo

Bob Nolan
Original copyright: September 27, 1955

Every night the prairie moon rolls on,
There’s a lonely cowboy ridin’.
Seems I hear him sing a carefree song
But it’s only tears he’s hidin’.

Refrain:
When the light of the moon is revealin’
A prairie of silver and blue,
Then a longing for someone comes stealin’
In the heart of this lone buckaroo.

Far into the night I hear his song
Softly on the breezes fallin’.
Even as the night bird wings along,
Vainly to his mate he’s callin’.

"Lone Buckaroo" was written for the Columbia Pictures The Colorado Trail starring Charles Starrett and showcasing the Sons of the Pioneers. In 1940 the Sons of the Pioneers recorded it for their Orthacoustic Symphonies of the Sage radio transcriptions but they never did record it commercially. In 1943, Roy Rogers sang the song with a few performance changes in the Republic picture Idaho.

“Lone Buckaroo” was published in Bob Nolan’s Folio of Original Cowboy Classics No. 1, © 1939 by American Music, Inc.

Lone Buckaroo (American Music, Inc.)

SONS OF THE PIONEERS TRANSCRIPTION RECORDINGS

Orthacoustic Symphonies of the Sage, transcription, (059426)

NBC Thesaurus transcriptions, 1898 side B MS-059426-M (same as Orthacoustic No. 2 side A)

Teleways Radio Productions transcriptions, Nos. 9, 150, and 240