I’m an Old Cowhand

Johnny Mercer, 1936· Songs Well-Known in America · p.164

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I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

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

Am Em

I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow

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

Am Em

I sure ain't fixin' to start in now

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Yippee i Yi-oh ti-ay! Yippee Yi oh ti-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 trail in the Lone Star State

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

Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!

We're old cowhands from the Rio Grande

And we come to town just to hear the band

We know all the songs that the cowboys know

'Bout the Big Corral where the dogies go

We learned them all on the radio

Yipee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

Where the West is wild all around the borderland

Where the buffalo roam around the zoo

And the Indians run up a rug or two

And the old Bar X is just a barbeque

Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!