I'm An Old Cowhand
Words & Music by Johnny Mercer
Recorded by Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey, 1936 (#2)

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I'm an old cowhand        from the Rio Grande,

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But my legs ain't bowed      and my cheeks ain't tanned;

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I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow --

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Never roped a steer, 'cause I don't know how,

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And I sure ain't fixin' to start in now.

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Yippie - yi - yo - ki - yay,   yippie - yi - yo - ki - yay.


I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande,
And I learned to ride 'fore I learned to stand;
I'm a ridin' fool who is up to date --
I know every trail in the Lone Star state,
'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V8.
Yippie - yi - yo - ki - yay,   yippie - yi - yo - ki - yay.

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande,
And I coem to town just to hear the band;
I know all the songs that the cowboys know
'Bout the big corral where the dogies go,
'Cause I learned them all on the ray-dee-o.
Yippie - yi - yo - ki - yay,   yippie - yi - yo - ki - yay.