Chisholm Trail Lyrics

Nursery Rhyme Lyrics
Chisholm Trail Song Lyrics


Well, come along, friends,
And listen to my tale,
I'll tell you 'bout my troubles
On the ol' Chisholm Trail,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

Two-dollar hoss
And a forty-dollar saddle,
And I'm goin' a-punchin'
Those Texas cattle.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

I can ride any hoss
In the wild and woolly West,
I can ride 'im, I can rope 'im,
I can make 'im do his best.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

Woke up one morn

On the ol' Chisholm Trail,
With my head on a hoss
And a cow by the tail,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

Well, it's bacon and beans

'Most ev'ry day,
I'd just as soon be eatin'
That ol' prairie hay.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

It's cloudy in the west,

And it looks like rain,
And my darned ol' slicker's
In the wagon again.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

It's raining like mad

And it's gittin' mighty cold,
And these long-horned son-o-guns
Are gittin' hard to hold.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

I hunted up my boss

To draw my roll,
He told me I was
Nine dollars in the hole.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

Goin' to sell my hoss,

Goin' to sell my saddle,
Goin' to tell my boss
He can keep his cattle.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

Goin' back to town

To draw my money,
Then I'm goin' back home
For to see my honey.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

No more a cow puncher

To sleep at my ease,
Mid the crawlin' of the lice
And the bitin' of the fleas.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.

With my knees in the saddle

And my seat in the sky,
I'll quit punching cows
In the sweet by and by.
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay, yippy, ay,
Come a ti, yi, yippy-ippy, ay.



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