I'm an old cowhound from the Rio GrandeBut my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tannedWell, I'm a cowboy who never saw a cowNever rode the steer cause I don't know howThere sure ain't a fixin' to startin' nowYippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yayI'm an old cowhound from the Rio GrandeAnd I learned to ride, for I learned to standI'm a ridin' fool who is up to dateI know every trail in the Lone Star StateCause I ride the range in a Ford V8Yippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yayI'm an old cowhound from the Rio GrandeBut my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tannedWell, I'm a cowboy who never saw a cowNever rode the steer cause I don't know howThere sure ain't a fixin' to startin' nowYippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yayWe're old cowhounds from the Rio GrandeAnd we come to town just to hear the bandWe know all the songs that the cowboys knowAbout the big corral where the doggies goWe learned them all on the radioYippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yayI'm just an old cowhound from the Rio GrandeOh, yes, I'm Mr. BeanWay down from the Rio GrandeOh, where the west is wideRound the borderlandWhere the buffalo roam around the zooAnd the engines run up a rug or twoAnd the old barracks is just aboveOh, yes, I'm Mr. BeanWay down from the Rio GrandeYippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yayI'm a pioneer who began from scratchI don't bat an eye in a shootin' matchThey don't call me Elmer, they call me SatchYippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yayYippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yayYippee-yi-oh-ki-yay, yippee-yi-oh-ki-yay