I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande   But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tanned   I'm the cowboy who never saw a cow   Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how   I sure ain't fixin' to start in now   Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!       I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande   And I learned to ride before 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   Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!       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 dogies go   We learned them all on the radio   Yipee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!       I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande   Where the West is wild all around the borderland   Where the buffalo roam around the zoo   And the Indians run up a rug or two   And the old Bar X is just a barbeque   Yippee i oh ti-ay!   I'm a pioneer who began from scratch   I don't bat an eye in a suit or hat   They don't call me Elmer, they call me Satch   Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!