Songbook: 2004: The Nameless Cowboy

The Nameless Cowboy
2004 Camp Song


Tune: "She'll be coming around the mountain"

Chorus*

Yippy kai yai yippy yippy yay
Yippy kai yai yippy yippy yay
Yippy kai yai yippy yippy
Kai yai yippy yippy Kai yai yippy yippy yay

Let me tell ya 'bout a cowboy from the west (yee haw)
Let me tell ya 'bout a cowboy from the west (yee haw)
Let me tell ya 'bout a cowboy
Let me tell ya 'bout a cowboy
Let me tell ya 'bout a cowboy from the west (yee haw)

End Chorus*

He was ridin' t'Oklahoma on his horse (OK)

But the horse he had it didn't have a name (Call 'em Ed)

'Bout that time he met the woman of his dreams (No Way)

Jump in' Izzy Loppin-hoffer was her name (Call 'er Jill)

Cowboy went and bought a diamond for his gal
(What the hey)

They got married and they had a baby boy (Call 'em Bob)

And now the cowboy's story is complete
(But what's his name?)

Verses follow the same pattern as chorus and first verse.
After each verse, add on all callbacks in reverse order,
i.e. "But what's his name?, Call 'em Bob, What the hey,
etc... " Also, each "Yee Haw" and 'dramatic pause'
before the chorus gets progressively longer. Dramatic
pauses are crucial.
©2004 Green Briar Boys