I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande   But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tanned   I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow   Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how   Sure ain't a fixin' to start in now   Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah      I'm an old cowhand and I come down from the Rio Grande   And I learned to ride, ride, 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 V 8   Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah      Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah      We're old cowhands from the Rio Grande   And we come to town just to hear the band   We know all the songs that the cowboys know   'Bout the Big Corral where the doggies go   We learned them all on the radio   Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah      I'm an old cowhand, down from the Rio Grande   Oh, where the West is wild all around the Borderland   Where the buffalo roam around the zoo   And the engines run up a rug or two   And the old Bar X is just a barbecue, yeah   Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah      I'm a pioneer who began from scratch   I don't bat an eye in a shootin' match   They don't call me 'Elmer', they call me 'Satch'   Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah      Get along little horsey, get along little horsey   Yippie yi yo kayah, oh