When The Cactus Is In Bloom Lyrics

The cattle prowled and the coyotes howled
Out on the Great Divide
I never done no wrong, just singing a song
As down the trail I ride
The rattlesnakes rattle at the prairie dogs
Don't you hear that mournful tune
For it's roundup time away out West
When the cactus are in bloom

Daylight comes and the cowhands yell
They call out ev'ry man
I throw my saddle on my old cowhorse
I drink my coffee from a can
The sun goes down on the cattle trail
I'm gazing at the moon
For it's roundup time away out West
When the cactus are in bloom

[Yodel]

We don't have cold weather
It never snows or rains
That is where the sunshine's best
Out on the western plains
Some of the boys have gone away
But they will be back soon
For it's roundup time away out West
When the cactus are in bloom

Daylight comes and the cowhands yell
They call out ev'ry man
I throw my saddle on my old cowhorse
I drink my coffee from a can
The sun goes down on the cattle trail
I'm gazing at the moon
For it's roundup time away out West
When the cactus are in bloom

[Yodel]

Bill Monroe - Anthology

Apr 2003

1. When The Cactus Is In Bloom
2. Get Down On Your Knees And Pray
3. Walking In Jerusalem Just Like John
4. Panhandle Country
5. Linda Lou
6. Time Changes Everything
7. Live And Let Live
8. Old Joe Clark
9. Columbus Stockade Blues
10. Drifting Too Far From The Shore
11. Somebody Touched Me
12. Jimmy Brown The Newsboy
13. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
14. Devil's Dream
15. Highway Of Sorrow
16. (We're Goin') Just Over In The Gloryland
17. Fire On The Mountain
18. The Long Black Veil
19. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight