Riders In The Sky Lyrics

Riders In The Sky lyrics

(Ghost) Riders In the Sky
Vaughn Monroe

Peak Billboard position # 1 in
1949
Monroe may not have sung it precisely this way but 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