Now Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas
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Why, he's the Western Superman to say the least
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He was the roughest, toughest critter, never known to be a quitter
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'Cause he never had no fear of man nor beast
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So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
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He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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Once he roped a raging cyclone out of nowhere
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Then he straddled it and settled down with ease
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And while that cyclone bucked and flitted, Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it
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And he tamed that ornery wind down to a breeze
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So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
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He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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Now once there was a drought that spread all over Texas
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So to sunny Californy he did go
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And though the gag is kind of corny, he brought rain from Californy
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And that's the way we got the Gulf of Mexico
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So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
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He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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Now once a band of rustlers stole a herd of cattle
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But they didn't know the herd they stole was Bill's
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And when he caught them crooked villains
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Pecos knocked out all their fillings
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That's the reason why there's gold them thar hills
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So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
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He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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Pecos lost his way while traveling on the desert (Water, water, water...)
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It was ninety miles across the burning sand (Water, water, water...)
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He knew he'd never reach the border (Water...)
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If he didn't get some water (Water...)
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So he got a stick and dug the Rio Grande
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(Yodeling)
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While a tribe of painted Indians did a wardance
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Pecos started shooting up their little game
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He gave those redskins such a shakeup
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That they jumped out of their makeup
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That's how the Painted Desert got it's name
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So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
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He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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While reclining on a cloud high over Texas
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With his guns he made the stars evaporate
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Then Pecos saw them stars declining
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So he left one brightly shining
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As the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State
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So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
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He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
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He's the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State
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Pecos Bill
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