Coyote’s Serenade
(Bob Nolan)
Lone coyote whining, his heart is pining
When he goes “oo-ooo-ooo, etc.”
Night shadows glow, moon’s hanging low,
The stage and the setting are made.
One silhouette, a sigh of regret,
That’s part of a heart and the start of a strange serenade.
Lone coyote whining, his heart is pining
When he goes “oo-ooo-ooo, etc.”
Wild eyes that glisten, keen ears that listen.
He hears an “oo-ooo-ooo, etc.”
Come from his dearie, mournful and dreary.*
She’s only saying she loves him by stars above him
When she goes “oo-ooo-ooo, etc.”
*This line does not appear on the sheet music in the publisher’s archives but it is performed in "Romance on the Range" and on the Teleways transcription of the song.
The recording you are listening to was made as a 1940 Orthacoustic Transcription. The Sons of the Pioneers also recorded it for Dr. Pepper's 10-2-4 transcriptions. The song had been written by Bob Nolan for the 1939 Columbia film, "Stranger from Texas" but was also performed in 1942 in the Republic picture, "Romance on the Range" with Roy Rogers.
Photocopies of sheet music for this song are available from Calin Coburn, Bob Nolan's grandson. Email Calin for more details.
