Album Name : The Essential Gene Autry
Release Date : 2005-01-11
Song Duration : 3:15
Gene Autry (ghost) Riders In The Sky
An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day,
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way,
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw,
A ploughin' thru the ragged skies
And up a cloudy draw.
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
The ghost herd in the sky.
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves wuz
made of steel,
Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breath he
could feel,
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered thru
the sky,
For he saw the riders comin' hard
And he heard their mournful cry.
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
Ghost riders in the sky.
Their faces gaunt their eyes were blurred and shirts
all soaked
with sweat,
They're ridin' hard to atch that herd but they ain't
caught them yet
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in
the sky,
On horses snortin' fire
As they ride on, hear their cry.
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
Ghost riders in the sky.
As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his
name,
"If you want to save your soul from hell a-riding on
our range,
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will
ride
A-try'ng to catch the devil's herd
Across these endless skies."
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
The ghost herd in the sky.
Ghost riders in the sky.