When I Was a Cowboy

When I was a cowboy
Out on the Western plains
I made about a million dollars
Pulling on the bridle reins
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay

We fought the hardest battle
Ever since Bunker's Hill
When me and a bunch of cowboys
Run into Buffalo Bill singing
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay

Look out, look out
Come on all you Cowboys
Don't you wanna go ?
Ride with the Texas Rangers
On down to Mexico
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay

Look out, look out
Bullets was a-flying
Like a shower of rain
When me and a bunch of cowboys
Run into Jesse James
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay

If you're afraid of dying
If you're afraid of death
You best not gimme no trouble
You might draw your last breath
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay

'Cause I'm the greatest Cowboy
Ever on the Western plains
No bullet ever could catch me
No bullet ever had my name
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay

One night out on the Western plains the boys was sitting around the campfire
They began to get drunk, then they wanted to fight
They began to think about this man who lived out on the outskirts of town
And the fact they didn't have much love for him
So they got up and got on their horses rode on over to his house and circled around
Their horses was walking their pistols were talking
They shot up that man's house pretty good
And after awhile they began to feel sorry for him
So they thought they'd' sing out to him with some advice
Here's what it was

If your house catch on fire
They're ain't no water 'round
Your house catch on fire
They're ain't no water 'round
If your house catch on fire
They're ain't no water 'round
You best jump out the window
Let the dog-gone shack burn down
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay

I punched them long-horn cattle
When I was young and bold
Now I'm just an old Cowboy
Telling tall tales 'fore I grow old
Singing Ti Yi Yippi Yi
Ti Yi Yippi Yi Yay