| I met a gal in Calico down in Santa Fe Used to be her
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| Sunday beau 'Til I rode away Do I want her Do I want
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| her love Yes-sir-ree Will I win her Will I win her
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| love Wait and see Workin' with the rodeo Go from town
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| to town See most every kind of gal Every kind they
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| got But who makes my heart sing Yip-ee-aye,
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| Yip-ee-o My little gal in Calico
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| (You can have your gal Dressed in silk and satin Tose
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| who dress to shape And crepe to shiek Take your pretty
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| gal To go around Manhattan Thinking they look well
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| in velveteen When they’re at the table We’re not able
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| To imagine how they look) I’m just a country boy And
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| my country boy Knows a fancy cover Doesn’t make a fancy
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| book (No, the fancy cover Doesn’t make the book) I’ll
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| take my gal in Calico (Calico) Down in Santa Fe
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| (Santa Fe, Santa Fe) I guess I better let her know
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| That I feel this way Is she waitin' Is she waitin'
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| She better be Am I hopin' To be ropin' her Yes-sir-ree
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| Gonna quit the rodeo (Rodeo) Gonna settle down Buy
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| a bow in Calico For a wedding gown Then will I fetch
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| her in Yip-ee-aye, Yip-ee-o My little gal in Calico
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| (Yip-ee-aye, Yip-ee-o) (Little gal, Calico) Yip-ee-ti-a Ti-o, ti-a Ti-o |