open mike,

On the record Cowboyography, Ian Tyson pronounces the name "ky-oat" at least twice in the song "Claude Dallas". He does the same throughout the song "The Cowboy & The Coyote", except in the line "who's the dumber son-of-a-bitch, the little 'ky-OAT-ee' or me", which repeats at least once. The latter fits better in the song's meter.