I'm An Old Cowhand [From the Rio Grande]

Yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tannned

I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow

I never roped a steer cause I don't know how

And I sure ain't a-fixin' to start in now

A-yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

And I learned to ride before I learned to stand

I'm a ridin' fool who is up to date

I know every little trail in the Lone Star State

'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V-8

A-yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

And I come to town just to hear the band

I know all the songs that the cowboys know

About the big corral where the dogies go

'Cause I learned them all on the radio

A-yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay

I'm an old cowhand (old-cowhand) from the Rio Grande (Ri-o Grande)

Where the West is wide (West is wide) around the borderland (borderland)

Where the buffalo roam all around the zoo

And the Indians make you a rug or two

And the old Bar-X is the barbeque

A-yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay)

Yippie yi yo kay ay (kay ay).

• Artist:Johnnie Ray