Writer(s): johnny mercerI’m an old cowhand from the rio grandeBut my legs ain’t bowedAnd my cheeks ain’t tannedI’m a cowboy who never saw a cowNever roped a steer ’cause I don’t know howAnd I sure ain’t fixin’ to start in nowYippie-yi-yo-ki-yayYippie-yi-yo-ki-yayI’m an old cowhand from the rio grandeAnd I learned to ride’fore I learned to standI’m a ridin’ fool who is up to dateI know every trail in the lone star state’cause I ride the range in a ford v8Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yayYippie-yi-yo-ki-yayI know all the songs that the cowboys know’bout the big corral where the dogies go’cause I learned them all on the rad-ee-oHey, yppie-yi-yo-ki-yayYippie-yi-yo-ki-yay