Peggy Lee - The Old Master Painter lyrics

(Ghost) Riders In the Sky vaughn Monroe
Peak Billboard position # 1 in 1949
Monroe may not have sung it precisely this
Waybut a recording by him was not
Available so the words and music herein are
Taken from the sheet music as written
By Stan Jones monroes' version
As well as competing versions by Peggy Lee
(# 2) , Bing Crosby (#14)
And Burl Ives (# 21) were all charted as
Just "Riders In the Sky"
Later, The Ramrods took it to #
30 in 1961 with the parenthetical
(Ghost) added as did the Baja Marimba Band
(#52 in 1966) and The Outlaws (#31 in 1981)
Lawrence Welk used the original title on
His # 87 in 1961
An old cowpoke went riding out
One dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as
He went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd
Of red-eyed cows he saw
A'plowin' through the ragged skies and
Up a cloudy draw yi-pi-yi ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Their brands were still on fire and
Their hooves were made of steel
Their horns wuz black and shiny and
Their hot breaths he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him
As they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders comin' hard
And he heard their mournful cry
Yi-pi-yi ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred
And shirts all soaked with sweat
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd
But they ain't caught them yet
They've got to ride forever in that
Range up in the sky
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on
Hear their cry yi-pi-yi ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
As the riders loped on by him
He heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from
Hell a' ridin' on our range"
"Then cowboy change your ways today or
With us you will ride"
"A-tryin' to catch the Devil's herd
Across these endless skies"
Yi-pi-yi ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky