Marty Robbins - Song of the Bandit lyrics

Long long ago in old Wyoming lived a maid
Fair as the sweetest flower
Bloomin' in the shade
She loved a bandit bold who
Roamed the prairie o'er
And every night she'd listen for his call
Then far the west his voice came ringing
Ridin' wild horse he came singing
Hee li oli yip ioli ay
Hee li oli yip ioli yip ay oli ya
He brings a token of his love
Swift as the wind he goes for high
As the hills he knows she's waiting
For his hee li oli yip ioli ay

One day he rode away but never to return
Danger was waitin' now his
Love must never yearn
Long days and lonely nights she
Waited all in vain
Till winter passed and summer came again
Still every night when the moon came shining
For his song her heart was pining
Hee li oli yip ioli ay
Hee li oli yip ioli yip ay oli ya
He brings a token of his love
Swift as the wind he goes for high
As the hills he knows she's waiting
For his hee li oli yip ioli ay

One night an angel brought a
Message from her love
Told her he waited in the starry sky above
Softly she closed her eyes and
Bade the angel go
And then the whole world echoed to his song
For straight down a moonbeam he came
Ridin' out of the sky
On a winged horse glidin' Hee
Li oli yip ioli ay hee li oli yip ioli
Hee li oli yip ioli ay hee li oli yip
Ioli ay singin' hee li oli yip ioli ay