Song – Dogies
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Song Notes
Story-telling, melancholic lyric with dark harmonies.
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LYRIC
Dogies (Yippie Ti Yi Yo)
As I went out walking one morning for pleasure
I spied a young cowboy come ridin’ along
His hat was throw’d back, his spurs were a-jinglin’
And as he came ridin’ he was singin’ this song
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little doggies
It’s your misfortune, ain’t none o’ my own
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies
You know that Wyomin’ will be your new home
Well it’s early in the springtime we round up the doggies
We mark ‘em and brand ‘em and bob off their tails
Saddle out horses, roll up the chuck wagon
And then set them dogies all out on the trail
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies
It’s your misfortune, ain’t none o’ my own
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies
You know that Wyomin’ will be your new home
Ah the life of a drover is sand fleas and red beans
You eat in the saddle, you sleep in the rain
The wind whips you raw, the sun turns you to leather
And drivin’ them dogies will scramble your brain
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies
It’s your misfortune, ain’t none o’ my own
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies
You know that Wyomin’ will be your new home
The dogies lie easy all under the moonlight
The night watch will circle the herd until dawn
Cook beats the triangle to tell us it’s breakfast
Roll ‘em up, move ‘em out and the doggies move on
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies
It’s your misfortune, ain’t none o’ my own
Yippie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies
You know that Wyomin’ will be your new home
New words & music adaptation by Bob Gibson
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