Some redneck with a rifle's put a bullet through the 
cow
That the state highway commision has put up for all to 
see
Just to warn unwary motorists that cows don't pay 
attention
When they go to cross the highway to a place they'd 
rather be
That cow is not a trophy cuz it hadn't any antlers
And it wasn't any challenge cuz it couldn't even move
And being painted on aluminum, the poor thing couldn't 
bleed
And so we're left without a hint of what this fella 
tried to prove
So now he's gone and left us with a perforated sign 
board
That was meant to keep a driver from colliding with a 
cow
And in a way that sign's condition sends an even 
stronger warning
Cuz that yahoo and his rifle are at large somewhere 
right now!

Big ol' prairie moon hanging high up in the sky
Makes the doggies moo and it makes the coyotes cry
Ah-ooh, I love that prairie moon
Ah-ooh, that big ol' prairie moon

In the bright neon lights of New York City
Pale little moon don't hardly show
So it starts to roll on its way westward
Herdin' up the stars at it goes
Ah-ooh, Herdin' up the the stars as it goes

By the time it gets to the western prairie
It's gathered up more stars than you can count
And its shining light fills up the whole durn sky
It's big and bright and bold and white and oh so round
Ah-ooh, that big old prairie moon

Big ol' prairie moon hanging high up in the sky
Makes the doggies moo and it makes the coyotes cry
Ah-ooh, I love that prairie moon
Ah-ooh, that big ol' prairie moon

[Instrumental Break]

Poor little doggie crying moo, moo, moo, moo, moo
I'm so far away from home
He's got himself a partner in that big ol' prairie moon
Holds him in its lovin' arm beams 'till the morning 
comes

That big ol' prairie moon hanging high up in the sky
Makes the doggies moo and it makes the coyotes cry
Ah-ooh, I love that prairie moon
Ah-ooh, that big ol' prairie moon

[Yodeling Break]

That big old prairie moon
Ah-ooh!