I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
 
 I want to learn to rope and to ride
 
 I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
 
 Out west of that great divide
 
 I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
 
 While the sun sinks in the West
 
 I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
 
 That's the life I love the best 
 
  
  (Yodeling) 
  
 
 I want to ride Old Paint goin' at a run
 
 I want to feel the wind in my face
 
 A thousand miles from all the city lights
 
 Goin' a cowhand's pace
 
 I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd
 
 While the moon shines down from above
 
 I want to strum my guitar and yodelay-hee-hoo
 
 Oh that's the life that I love 
  
 
 (Yodeling) 
  
 
 I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
 
 I want to learn to rope and to ride
 
 I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
 
 Out west of that great divide
 
 I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
 
 While the sun sinks in the West
 
 I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
 
 That's the life I love the best