Pecos Bill lyrics

Artist  : Nickel Creek 
Song : Pecos Bill



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 Now Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in
Texas

Why, he's the 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-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo 



Once he roped a raging cyclone out of nowhere

Then he straddled it and settled down with
ease

And while that cyclone bucked and flitted, Pecos
rolled a smoke and lit it

And he tamed that ornery wind down to a breeze




So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo 



Now once there was a drought that spread all over
Texas

So to sunny Californy he did go

And though the gag is kind of corny, he brought
rain from Californy

And that's the way we got the Gulf of Mexico 



So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo 



Now 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 crooked villains

Pecos knocked out all their fillings

That's the reason why there's gold them thar
hills 



So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo 



Pecos lost his way while traveling on the desert
(Water, water, water...)

It was ninety miles across the burning sand
(Water, water, water...)

He knew he'd never reach the border
(Water...)

If he didn't get some water (Water...)

So he got a stick and dug the Rio Grande 



(Yodeling) 



While a tribe of painted Indians did a
wardance

Pecos started shooting up their little game

He gave those redskins such a shakeup

That they jumped out of their makeup

That's how the Painted Desert got it's name 



So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo 



While reclining on a cloud high over Texas

With his guns he made the stars evaporate

Then Pecos saw them stars declining

So he left one brightly shining

As the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State 



So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo 



So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o

He's the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State