There ain’t no cowboy
Courting in sin
This side of Ohio
As blue as my darlin’

I give him kisses
Stronger than gin
There ain’t no drunken fool
As blue as my darlin’

Some say his heart was lost
Under an early frost
Some say the winter thaw
Brought out a hard outlaw

He says he loves me
Deeper than skin
There ain’t no hidden vein
As blue as my darlin’

There ain’t no barrel
No mandolin
Hollow and dark and still
And blue as my darlin’