Pecos Bill (song)

Pecos Bill is a song from the eponymous segment of the 1948 animated anthology film Melody Time. It was composed by Eliot Daniel and Johnny Lange and is performed by Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers.

Lyrics
Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas And 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 or beast

Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh For 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

Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh For the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Once there was a drought that spread all over Texas So to sunny "Californy" he did go And though the gag is kinda corny He brought rain from "Californy" That's the way we got the Gulf of Mexico

Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh 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 crooked villains Pecos knocked out all their "fillin's" And that's the reason why there's gold in 'them thar hills'

Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh For the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Pecos lost his way while travelin' on 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

Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh For the toughest critter west of the Alamo

While a tribe of painted indians did a wardance Pecos started shooting up their little game He gave them redskins such a shake up That they jumped out from their makeup That's the way the Painted Desert got its name

Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh For the toughest critter west of the Alamo

While reclining 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 (Yahoo!)

Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh