Mudcat Café message #1447282

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Thread #4506 Message #1447282
Posted By: Tannywheeler
30-Mar-05 - 06:11 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: When I Was a Cowboy
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When I Was a Cowboy

Hi, guys.
When I listen to the Leadbelly recording I've heard of this song, I hear the chorus as:
"Come a keye-keye yickee
Come a keye-keye yickee-yickee yay"

I don't hear it as "yippee". Am I unbalanced? Weird? Tw