Song lyrics to Salt Water Cowboy (1944) lyrics and music by Redd Evans
Who is that great big wonderful man,
Wearing that fine coat of tan?
[chorus 1]
He’s the Salt Water Cowboy
with the whole world for his range
Just a Salt Water Cowboy, A United States Marine
Get along, little nippy
I can hear my singing pal
I’m takin’ you to pasture
in a barbed wire corral
He’s the salt of the earth, boys, and he’s
long and lank and lean,
He’s a Salt Water Cowboy,
A United States Marine
[chorus 2]
He’s a Salt Water Cowboy
with the whole world for his range
Just a Cowboy, A United States Marine
Get along, suki yaki
sang the man from the golden west
I’m gonna brand your carcass
with a star striped U. S.
Oh! you don’t have to worry
he will keep your pastures green,
He’s a Salt Water Cowboy,
A United States Marine
[Editor’s note: as performed by Connie Haines on The Abbott and Costello Radio Show episode, “Hiring the Andrew Sisters, aka At the Ranch”]