Empty Saddles

From the film “Rhythm On the Range”, 1936
Words by J. Keirn Brennan and Billy Hill
Music by Billy Hill

The sheet music:

Empty Saddles – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Empty_Saddles – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. There’s something strange in the old corral
    There’s a breeze, though the wind has died
    Though I’m alone in the old corral
    Seems there is someone at my side

Chorus:
Empty saddles in the old corral
Where do ya ride tonight?
Are ya roundin’ up the dogies
The strays of long ago
Are ya on the trail of buffalo?
Empty saddles in the old corral
Where do ya ride tonight?
Are there rustlers on the border
Or a band of Navajo
Are you headin’ for the Alamo?
Empty guns, covered with rust
Where do ya talk tonight?
Empty boots, covered with dust
Where do ya walk tonight?
Empty saddles in the old corral
My tears will be dried tonight
If you’ll only say I’m lonely
As ya carry my old pal
Empty saddles in the old corral

  1. There is no smoke, still the fires burn
    There’s no song, still I hear guitars,
    There is no dust, still the ghosts return
    Softly to vanish through the bars

Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: