Well a wandering cowboy ridin' down the trail
Heard the night wind hummin' with a mournful vail
He felt so lonesome when he heard its song
He just started hummin' that's how the yodel was born
He heard the love song of the whippoorwill
And that far off fickle from a distant hill
Then he remembered how he'd say goodbye
To that girl that loved him and the way that she cried
He would always love her but he just couldn't stay
'Cause that lonely night wind was calling him away
He was born to wander out where he belongs
Out on that lonesome prairie yodeling this cowboy song
And that's how the yodel was born