Step a-side you or-ner-y Ten-der-feet_
Let a big bad buck-er-oo past
I'm the tough-est hom-bre you'll e-ver meet__
Tho' I may be the last Yes-sir-ee
we're a van-ish-ing race__ No-sir - ree
can't last long__ Step a-side you or-ner-y
Ten-der - feet___ while I sing my song____
I'm An Old Cow - hand____ from the Ri-o Grande____
But my legs ain't bowed__ and my cheeks ain't tanned,___
I'm a cow-boy who nev-er saw a cow,
Nev-er roped a steer 'cause I don't know how,
And I sho' ain't fix-in' to start in now,
Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay, Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay.
I'm An Old Cow - hand____ from the Ri-o Grande____
And I learned to ride___ 'fore I learned to stand,___
I'm a rid-in' fool who is up to date,
I know ev-'ry trail in the Lone Star State,
'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V Eight.
Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay, Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay.
I'm An Old Cow - hand____ from the Ri-o Grande____
And I come to town___ just to hear the band,___
I know all the songs that the cow-boy's know,
'Bout the big cor-ral where the doag-ies go,
'Cause I learned them all on the ra - di - o.
Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay, Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay.
I'm An Old Cow - hand____ from the Ri-o Grande____
Where the West is wild__ 'round the Bor - der - land,____
Where teh buf-fa - lo roam a-round the Zkoo,
And the In-dians make you a rug or two,
And the old Bar X is a Bar -B - Q.
Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay, Yip-py-I-O - Ki - Ay._____