Where are the boot straps

To lift myself up

Where is the well

Where I once filled my cup

Where does this sorrow

All turn into joy

And where oh where is the sleepy eyed boy



Where is my true love

When the wind starts to moan

Is she out in the wild

Is she there all alone

Have I cast her aside

Like an unwanted toy

Tell me where oh where is the sleepy eyed boy





He's goin' down the backroads

In a cold pourin' rain

He's a waitin' for a postcard

In the south coast of Spain

Postmarked from a sweetheart

Back in ol' Illinois

Sayin' where oh where is my sleepy eyed boy