THAT'S HOW THE YODEL WAS BORN
(Douglas B. Green)

When you hear a cowboy yodelin' a song of open range
Your heart leaps up to hear his stirring tale
But did you ever wonder at the end of his refrain
Why his voice leaps in a mournful wail?
Well, the story as is told to me
Was handed down through history
Of a singin' cowboy brave enough to try
To ride the meanest old cayuse
It bucked him off right at the chute
Left him spinnin' way up in the sky.
The bronco jumped up and the cowboy came down
They met at the old saddlehorn
It made a deep impression, you could say it changed his life
And that's how the yodel was born.

(insert yodel here)

(Transcribed from a Riders in the Sky recording)

Copyright 1983, Songs of the Sage, BMI
Douglas B. Green is "Ranger Doug" of Riders in the Sky.

@cowboy @humor
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I went to a Riders in the Sky concert several years ago. I made a stop in the rest room before the concert. the guy at the next urinal was wearing makeup and a pink cowboy shirt, and I have to admit his appearance made me feel a bit uneasy. When the concert started, I found out that the guy at the urinal was Ranger Doug. I guess that's my claim to fame - I once met Ranger Doug in a rest room in Roseville, California.
-Joe Offer-