Song – Whoopie Ti Yi Yo

WRITER

  • Bob Gibson

PUBLISHER(S)

  • Robert Josiah Music

Song Licensing information

RECORDINGS BY OTHER ARTISTS

  • None

Song Notes

Story-telling, melancholic lyric with dark harmonies.

One-stop license for Gibson & Camp Homemade Music available through Wixen Music.

LYRIC

Dogies (Yippie Ti Yi Yo)

AKA Whoopie 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
© Robert Josiah Music

Dogies

by Bob Gibson & Hamilton Camp | Homemade Music