Pecos Bill Lyrics - Riders In The Sky

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