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Pecos Bill
Tex Ritter
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Pecos 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
'Cause he never had no fear of man nor beast
So yippee-yi-aie-yi-aie, yippee-yi-yo
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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 ornery villains
Pecos knocked out all their fillins'
That's the reason that there's gold in them thar hills
So yippee-yi-aie-yi-aie, yippee-yi-yo
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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Pecos lost his way while travelin' 'cross 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
So yippee-yi-aie-yi-aie, yippee-yi-yo
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo
One day Pecos found his favorite doggie missin'
A doggie that was nearest to his heart
So then he lassoed all the cattle
Clear from Texas to Seattle
That's the way the Texas roundup got its start
So yippee-yi-aie-yi-aie, yippee-yi-yo
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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While a tribe of painted Indians 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
So yippee-yi-aie-yi-aie, yippee-yi-yo
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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 brightly shinin'
As the emblem of the Lone Star Texas state
So yippee-yi-aie-yi-aie, yippee-yi-yo
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo
West of the Alamo
That's Pecos Bill, a Texas boy
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