Let me tell you, buddy

There's a faster gun

Coming over yonder

When tomorrow comes

Let me tell you, buddy

And it won't be long

Till you find yourself singing

Your last cowboy song

Yippee ki iy ay

When the round up ends

Yippee ki iy ay

And the campfire dims

Yippee ki iy ay

He shouts and he sings

When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings

When they wrap my body

In the thin linen sheet

And they take my si irons

Pull the boots from my feet

Unsaddle my pony

She'll be itching to roam

I'll be halfway to heaven

Under horsepower of my own

Yippee ki iy ay

When the round up ends

Yippee ki iy ay

And the campfire dims

Yippee ki iy ay

He shouts and he sings

When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings

Yippee ki iy ay

I'm glory bound

No more jingle jangle

I lay my guns down

Yippee ki iy ay

He shouts and he sings

When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings