I'm a tenderfoot who never saw a cow Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how And I sure ain't fixin' to start in now A-yippie-yi-o-ki-ya, yippie-yi-o-ki-ya I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande And I learned to ride 'fore I learned to stand I'm a riding fool who is up to date I know every trail in the Lone Star State Cause you ride the range in a Ford V-8 A-yippie-yi-o-ki-ya, yippie-yi-o-ki-ya I'm old cowhand from the Rio Grande And I go to town when I hear the band Do you know all the songs that the cowboys know 'Bout the big corral where the doggies go Where'd you learn them all? On the radio A-yippie-yi-o-ki-ya, yippie-yi-o-ki-ya