Dale Evans Is Riding Tonight

The young girl s pony is made from the stick of a broom,
With posters of rodeos thumb-tacked all over her room.
She heads off to school with her lunch in a metal lunch pail
With a picture of a cowgirl and the words HAPPY TRAILS!

Dale Evans is riding tonight, on the bright silver screen
In the midst of a young girl s dream;
Dale Evans is riding tonight
She s the Queen of the West, with her red leather vest&
Dale Evans is riding tonight.

The little girl grows up but she clings to her childhood games,
She looks for Roy Rogers but she always attracts Jesse James.
She takes a couple of falls in the rodeo called married life
Now she s back in the saddle Adios to those years as a wife.

Dale Evans is riding tonight, on the bright silver screen
In the midst of a young woman s dream;
Dale Evans is riding to night
She s the Queen of the West, she s got fringe on her dress&
Dale Evans is riding tonight.

She s home on the range with her friend the acoustic guitar;
It s state fairs and rodeos and too many years in the bars;
Tonight on the stage in Cheyenne she s raising her hand
The crowd, gives a roar she s married some guy in her band!

Dale Evans is riding tonight, on the bright silver screen
In the midst of a cowgirl s dream;
Dale Evans is riding tonight
She s the Queen of the West, in her cattle-brand vest&
Dale Evans is riding tonight.
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