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Yipee Ki Yo

from The Catchpen by John Egenes

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A song about my horse, Gizmo. Download it for free and enjoy.

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I saddled up my young horse one day, I reckon I was tryin' to provide
a means of escaping my own sorry life, so I took him out for a ride
you might say that I was a knotheaded fool,
to put a good horse through all that
well, I ain't gonna argue, you're dang sure correct
there wasn't much under my hat.

Young and stupid, I was lost in a dream
as I stumbled my way through it all
we left California in the bud of the spring
and didn't stop riding 'til fall
pretendin' to know what the hell I was doin'
I picked up a trail to the east
and I drug him through all kinds of hell and high water
not fit for human nor beast

and it's yipee ki yo on the prairie
where the deer and the antelope roam
I'll put my trust in god and my horse
'cause they know how to find the way home

So listen up all you drifters and bounders
there's something you shouldn't forget
what's done has been done, the race has been run
but it dang sure ain't over just yet
it's snowin' up there in the mountains
and the river's beginning to rise
And I still hear the sound of my horse on the range
I can still see the fire in his eyes

and it's yipee ki yo on the prairie
where the deer and the antelope roam
I'll put my trust in god and my horse
'cause they know how to find the way home

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from The Catchpen, released October 1, 2014
John Egenes: guitar and vocal
Gunther Flutney: banjo

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

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And you might want to read his book, Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
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