Red Steagall - I'm Sleepin' In My Leggin's Tonight lyrics

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There's a big storm rollin' in, I can feel it in my bones

I'll bet my pay they'll run tonight, but I'm praying that they don't

See the lightnin' flashin' out on the distant plains

The wind sweeps cross my bedroll and the air smells just like rain

So I'm sleepin' in my leggin's tonight

My night horse is tied by my side

When lightnin' cracks and thunder rolls my mouth gets hot and dry

So I'm sleepin' in my leggin's tonight

Reminds me of a stormy night on the Brazos late last spring

They'd settled on the bed ground, when it began to rain

Mighty bolt of lightn' struck the ground and they were gone

Three thousand head of longhorns running madly in the storm

So I'm sleepin' in my leggin's tonight

My night horse is tied by my side

When lightnin' cracks and thunder rolls my mouth gets hot and dry

So I'm sleepin' in my leggin's tonight

Little Jimmy Wilson tryin' hard to turn the lead

Was the first to reach the cattle and got caught in the stampede

When the lightnin' flashed I saw him as his saddle horse went down

He's sleeps 'neath the Chisholm trail beneath a sagebrush covered mound

So I'm sleepin' in my leggin's tonight

My night horse is tied by my side

When lightnin' cracks and thunder rolls my mouth gets hot and dry

So I'm sleepin' in my leggin's tonight

Sight of rushin' cattle can drive a man insane

Longhorns glowing in the darkness, the wind, the hail, the rain

I'm sleepin' in my leggin's tonight