The Old Chisholm Trail - Michael Martin Murphey.mp3

[00:10.501]Oh come along, boys, and listen to my tale,
[00:12.874]I'll tell you all my troubles on the ol' Chisholm trail.
[00:15.251]Come a-ti yi youpy youpy yea youpy yea
[00:17.859]Come a-ti yi youpy youpy yea
[00:20.147]With my foot in the stirrup and my hand on the horn
[00:22.745]I'm the best damn cowboy that ever was born
[00:25.164]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[00:27.632]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[00:30.080]On a ten dollar horse and a forty dollar saddle
[00:32.763]I was goin' and a punchin' longhorn cattle
[00:35.094]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[00:37.593]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[00:39.996]I started up the trail October 23rd
[00:42.789]Started up the trail with a 2-U herd
[00:45.109]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[00:47.510]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[00:49.416]Tell 'em, Don
[00:50.145]Woke up one morning on the Chisholm Trail
[00:52.479]With a rope in my hand and a cow by the tail
[00:54.871]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[00:57.359]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[00:59.284]Now you, Red
[00:59.998]I'm up in the morning before daylight
[01:02.261]Before I sleep, the moon shine bright
[01:04.631]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[01:07.257]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[01:19.450]It's cloudy in the west and it looks like rain
[01:22.090]My darned old slicker's in the wagon again
[01:24.589]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[01:27.020]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[01:29.072]No chaps, no slicker and it's pourin' down rain
[01:32.040]And I swear, by God, I'll never night herd again
[01:34.542]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[01:36.999]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay-youpy-yay
[01:39.329]Last night on guard, the leader broke the ranks
[01:41.968]Hit my horse in the shoulder and spurred him in the flanks
[01:44.457]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[01:46.936]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[01:48.777]Jim Bob
[01:49.464]The wind began to blow and the rain began to fall
[01:51.880]And it looked, by God, like I was gonna lose 'em all
[01:54.314]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[01:56.741]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[02:09.214]I crippled my horse, I don't know how
[02:11.591]Ropin' at the horns of a 2-U cow
[02:14.185]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[02:16.587]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[02:18.899]With lightning in his eye and thunder at his heel
[02:21.615]Your wench spinnin' round like a hoop on wheel
[02:24.110]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[02:26.583]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[02:28.952]The horse threw me off at the creek called mud
[02:31.565]A horse threw me off and I landed with a thud
[02:34.034]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[02:36.474]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[02:38.841]Last time I saw him, he was runnin' 'cross the level
[02:41.478]Kickin' up his heels and runnin' like the Devil
[02:44.025]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[02:46.421]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[03:00.110]We rounded 'em up and we put 'em in the cars
[03:02.630]That was the end of the 2-U bars
[03:04.969]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[03:07.544]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[03:09.911]Well, I went to the boss for to draw my roll
[03:12.555]Boss had me figured nine dollars in the hole
[03:15.060]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[03:17.444]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[03:19.847]Now, me and the boss, we had a little spat
[03:22.448]So I hit him in the face with a ten-gallon hat
[03:24.878]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[03:27.479]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[03:29.723]Bossman said, well, I'll fire you
[03:32.389]Not only you, but the whole damn crew
[03:34.975]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[03:37.286]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[03:49.567]So I sold my horse and I sold my saddle
[03:52.135]And you can go to hell with your longhorn cattle
[03:54.598]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[03:56.975]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[03:59.297]And I hadn't been home two days or three
[04:02.007]I put off my gal for to see
[04:04.410]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[04:06.818]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[04:09.212]Tammy said, you better quit that cowboy life
[04:11.813]If you ever wanna have a pretty little wife
[04:14.236]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[04:16.763]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay
[04:19.133]I'll settle my saddle and I'll buy me a plow
[04:21.669]Swear, by God, I'll never rope another cow
[04:24.280]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yi-youpy-yay
[04:26.718]Come a-ti-yi-youpy-youpy-yay