Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Chisholm Trail lyrics

Come along boys and listen to my tale And I'll tell you of my troubles on the old Chisholm Trail Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay I woke up one morning on the Chisholm Trail With a rope in my hand and a cow by the tail Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay Well I went to the boss and the boss said, "k** it," So I shot her in the rump with the handle of a sk**et Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay Started up the trail October twenty-third I started up the trail with a U-boy herd Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay With a ten dollar horse and a forty dollar saddle I'm going to puch them Texas cattle Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay I went to the boss and I hit him for my roll And he figures me out nine dollars in the hole Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay I seen a pretty girl and I offered her a quarter She says, "Young man, I'm a gentleman's daughter." Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay Well I held out the quarter and I put it in her hand She says, "Young man, let's see it stand" Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay With my feet in the stirrup and my hand on the horn I'm the best danged cowboy ever was born Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay Yeah my seat in the saddle and my head in the sky I'm gonna quit punching cows in the sweet by and by Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay..