Riders In The Sky - Pecos Bill lyrics

Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas The Western Superman to say the least He was the roughest, toughest critter Never known to be a quitter 'Cause he never had no fear of man, nor beast So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo Pecos roped through raging cyclone out of nowhere He saddled it and straddled it with ease While that cyclone bucked and flitted Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it And he tamed that ordinary wind down to a breeze So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo Pecos lost his way while traveling on the desert (Water, water, water) It was ninety miles across the burning sand (Water, water, water) He knew he'd never reach the border If he didn't get some water So he got a stick and dug the Rio Grande While a tribe of painted Indians did a war dance Pecos started shooting up their little game He gave those redskins such a shakeup That they jumped out of their makeup That's how the Painted Desert got it's name While reclining on a cloud, high over Texas With his guns he made the stars evaporate As he watched them all declining He left one brightly shining As the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o As the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State