Pecos Bill

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1. Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas,

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and a western superman to say the least.

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He was the roughest, toughest critter, never known to be a quitter,

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‘cause he never had no fear of man or beast.

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So, Yippee-ai-ay, yippee-ai-oh,

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for the toughest critter west of the Alamo.

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2. Once he roped a raging cyclone out of nowhere,

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then he straddled it and settled down with ease,

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and while that cyclone bucked and flitted,Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it,

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and he tamed that ornery wind down to a breeze.

+ CHORUS as yodeling

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3. Once there was a drought that spread all over Texas,

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so to sunny Californy he did go,

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and though the gag is kinda corny, he brought rain from Californy,

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that's the way we got the Gulf of Mexico.

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4. Now, once a band of rustlers stole a herd of cattle,

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but they didn't know the herd they stole was Bill's,

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and when he caught them crooked villains,

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Pecos knocked out all their fillins,

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that's the reason why there's gold in them there hills.

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So, Yippee-ai-ay, yippee-ai-oh,

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for the toughest critter west of the Alamo.

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5. Oh ! Pecos lost his way while travelin' through the desert,

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it was ninety miles across the burnin' sand.

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He knew he'd never reach the border, if he didn't get some water,

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so he got a stick and dug the Rio Grande.

+ CHORUS as yodelling

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6. While a tribe of painted Indians did a wardance,

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Pecos started shooting up their little game.

He gave those redskins such a shake up,

that they jumped out of their makeup,

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that's the way the Painted Desert got it's name. + CHORUS

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7. While reclining on a cloud high over Texas,

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with his guns he made the stars evaporate.

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Then Pecos saw them stars declinin', so he left one brightly shinin',

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as the emblem of the Lone Star Texas state. + CHORUS

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Roy Rogers & Sons of Pioneers))