| Come along boys and listen to my tale
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| Tell you of my trouble on the old Chisholm Trail
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Well, I started up the trail October twenty-third
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| Started up the trail with a 2-U herd
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Ten dollar horse and a forty dollar saddle
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| I’m going cut them Texas cattle
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Woke up one morning on the old Chisholm Trail
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| My rope in my hand and a cow by the tail
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Cloudy in the west, looking like rain
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| My danged old slicker’s in the wagon again
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Jumped in the saddle and I grabbed that horn
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| The best blamed cowboy ever was born
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Don’t give a damn if I never do stop
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| Ride just as long as an eight day flop
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Foot in the stirrup and a hand on the horn
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| The best danged cowboy ever was born
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Stray in the herd and the boss said, «Kill it,»
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| Hit him in the rump with the handle of a skillet
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Bacon and beans most every day
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| Soon to be eating that prairie hay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Best dang horse, going on a run
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| Quickest shooting cowboy ever pulled a gun
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Well, I went to the wagon to get my roll
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| Had had me figured nine dollars in the hole
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Well, sell my outfit quick as I can
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| And I won’t punch cattle for no damn man
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Going to town to draw my money
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| Going to town to see my honey
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay
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| Knees in the saddle and a seat in the sky
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| Quit my boss and say goodbye
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay
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| Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay |