When The Cactus Is In Bloom Lyrics - Bill Monroe

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]