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Subject: Lyrics? Ballad of Pecos Bill From: mcgrew@alumni.stanford.org Date: 05 Jun 97 - 01:36 PM I'm looking for more lyrics to the Ballad of Pecos Bill. Here are the lyrics that I can recall. I know I've heard lots of other verses.
Once a raging cyclone came up out of nowhere
Chorus:
Once a band of rustlers stole a herd of cattle |
Subject: Lyr Add: PECOS BILL From: Gene Graham Date: 05 Jun 97 - 08:02 PM PECOS BILL From the Walt Disney movie "Melody Time" Words and music by Johnny Lange and Eliot Daniel Oh! Pecos Bill BILL was quite a cowboy down in Texas And a Western superman, to say the least He was the roughest, toughest critter Never known to be a quitter 'Cuz he never had no fear of man or beast. CHORUS: So, yip-pee-i-ay i-ay, yip-pee-i-oh Fer the toughest critter West of the Alamo. Once he roped a ragin' cyclone out of nowhere Then he straddled it and settled down with ease And while that cylcone bucked and flitted Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it And he tamed that orn'ry wind down to a breeze. CHORUS Once there was a drought that spread all over Texas So to sunny Californy he did go And tho' the gag is kind of corny He brought rain from californy That's the way we got the Gulf of Mexico. CHORUS Once a band of rustlers stole a herd of cattle But they didn't know the herd they stole was Bill's And when he caught them crooked vill'ins Pecos knocked out all their fillin's That the reason why there's gold in them thar hills. CHORUS Pecos lost his way while travelin' on the desert It was ninety miles across the burnin' sand He knew he'd never reach the border If he didn't get some water So he got a stick and dug the Rio Grande. CHORUS Now one day Pecos found his fav'rite dogie missin' The dogie that was nearest to his heart So then he lassoed all the cattle Clear from Texas to Seattle That's the way the Texas round-up got its start. CHORUS While a tribe of painted Injuns did a war dance Pecos started shootin' up their little game He gave them redskins such a shakeup That they jumped out of their makeup That's the way the painted desert got its' name. CHORUS While reclinin' on a cloud high over Texas With his gun he made the stars evaporate Then Pecos saw the stars declinin' So he left one brighly shinin' As the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State. CHORUS |
Subject: RE: Lyrics? Ballad of Pecos Bill From: mcgrew@alumni.stanford.org Date: 06 Jun 97 - 12:50 PM Thanks! |
Subject: RE: Lyrics? Ballad of Pecos Bill From: LYRIC ADD... Date: 10 Sep 98 - 10:59 PM Ol' Bill was high falutin' sure's yer born, A chubby intern grabbed him by the horn, Dropped his chaps down to the floor--he kept comin' (back for more), Even though it's not Jack's '60s any more! |
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