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I'll have to admit that old westerns are some of my favorite things. Once, as an adolescent, I wandered through my house in the middle of the night looking for Johnny Yuma ( who had been crawling across the desert in that evening's episode) to give him my pillow.

But I remember all these, and more. Do you recall Bronco Lane? Cheyenne? The Gunslinger? The Travels of Jamie McPheeters?

Okay. Here are some lyrics to TV western theme songs. How many can you sing?

Davy Crockett

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee,
Greenest state in the land of the free.
Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree,
Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three.
Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.

Fought single handed through the Injun war,
Till the Creeks was whipped and peace was in store.
And while he was handling this risky chore,
Made hisself a legend, forevermore.
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear.

He went off to Congress and served a spell
Fixin' up the government and laws as well.
Took over Washington, so we heerd tell,
And patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell.
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear.

When he come home, his politickin' done,
The western march had just begun.
So he packed his gear, and his trusty gun
And lit out a grinnin', to follow the sun.
Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the Pioneer.

Have Gun Will Travel

Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man.

A knight without armor in a savage land.

His fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind.

A soldier of fortune is the man called Paladin.

Paladin, Paladin where do you roam?

Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home.

He travels on to wherever he must;
A chess knight of silver is his badge of trust.
There are campfire legends that the plainsmen spin
Of the man with the gun, of the man called Pa-l-l-l-l-a-din

Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam?
Paladin, Paladin, far, far, from home.

The Lawman

Lawman. Lawman.

The Lawman came with the sun.

There was a job to be done.

And so they sent for the badge and the gun

Of the Lawman.

And as he silently rode,

Where evil violently strode

They knew he'd live or he'd die by the code

Of the Lawman.

A man who rides all alone

And all that he'll ever own,

Is just a badge and a gun and he's known

As the Lawman

Rawhide

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Keep movin', movin', movin',

Though they're disapprovin',

Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide!

Don't try to understand 'em,

Just rope and throw and brand 'em,

Soon we'll be living high and wide.

Boy my heart's calculatin'

My true love will be waitin', be waiting at the end of my ride.

Move 'em on, head 'em up,

Head 'em up, move 'em out,

Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!

Set 'em out, ride 'em in

Ride 'em in, let 'em out,

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide.

Full Lyrics

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rawhide!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Though the streams are swollen

Keep them dogies rollin'

Rawhide!

Through rain and wind and weather

Hell-bent for leather

Wishin' my gal was by my side.

All the things I'm missin',

Good vittles, love, and kissin',

Are waiting at the end of my ride

CHORUS

Move 'em on, head 'em up

Head 'em up, move 'em on

Move 'em on, head 'em up

Rawhide

Count 'em out, ride 'em in,

Ride 'em in, count 'em out,

Count 'em out, ride 'em in

Rawhide!

Keep movin', movin', movin'

Though they're disapprovin'

Keep them dogies movin'

Rawhide!

Don't try to understand 'em

Just rope, throw, and brand 'em

Soon we'll be living high and wide.

My hearts calculatin'

My true love will be waitin',

Be waitin' at the end of my ride.

Rawhide!

The Rebel (The Ballad of Johnny Yuma)

Away, away, away rode the rebel,
Johnny Yuma.

Johnny Yuma, was a rebel,
He roamed, through the west.
This Johnny Yuma, the rebel,
He wandered alone.

He got fightin' mad, this rebel lad,
He packed no star as he wandered far
Where the only law was a hook and a draw,
the rebel.
(Away, away, away rode the rebel,
Johnny Yuma.)

Johnny Yuma, was a rebel,
He roamed, through the west.
This Johnny Yuma, the rebel,
He wandered alone.

He searched the land,
This restless land,
He was panther quick and leather tough
When he figured that he'd been
pushed enough, the rebel.

(Away, away, away rode the rebel,
Johnny Yuma.)

Johnny Yuma, was a rebel,
He roamed, through the west.
This Johnny Yuma, the rebel,
He wandered alone.

He got fightin' mad,
This rebel lad,
With a dream he'd hold
'til his dying breath
He'd search his soul
and gamble with death, the rebel.

Away, away, away rode the rebel,
Johnny Yuma.

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot, Sugarfoot, easy lopin', cattle ropin' Sugarfoot,

Carefree as the tumbleweeds, ajoggin' along with a heart full of song

And a rifle and a volume of the law.

Sugarfoot, Sugarfoot, never underestimate a Sugarfoot,

Once you got his dander up, ain't no one who's quicker on the draw.

You'll find him on the side of law and order,

From the Mexicali border, to the rolling hills of Arkansaw;

Sugarfoot, Sugarfoot, easy lopin', cattle ropin' Sugarfoot,

Ridin' down to cattle town, a-joggin' a-long with a heart full of song

And a rifle and a volume of the law.