Michael Allen Ott: Music

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Wichita was a cowboy
a loner and a drifter.
The saddle was his home
he had no roots at all.
He swore he'd never marry
He'd always be a wrangler.
He said it would be
a cold, cold day
when Wichita Falls.

When Wichita falls
that'll be the day.
When it snows down
in Austin in the summertime
when horses won't eat hay.
When Texas runs out
of cattle
it'll be no news at all
compared to the headlines
when Wichita falls.


There was a lovely senorita
her name was Bonita.
She fell in love with Wichita
when he worked for her pa.
She swore she'd love him forever
and one day they'd
be together.
She said I'll show you all
when Wichita falls.

When Wichita falls
that'll be the day.
When it snows down
in Austin in the summertime
when horses won't eat hay.
When Texas runs out
of cattle
it'll be no news at all
compared to the headlines
when Wichita falls.

One day while riding through Del Rio
on his way to Mexico,
Wichita stopped at a roadside stand
just to rest a spell.
There he saw Bonita
and while he was talking
to her,
He looked into her big
brown eyes
and Wichita fell!

Wichita falls.
Lordy what a day.
It snowed down in Austin
in the summertime
and the horses won't
eat hay.
Texas ran out of cattle
and no one noticed it
at all.
the headlines read
WICHITA FALLS!