GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY

Thursday June 18, 2009
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Ghost Riders InThe Sky

Written by Stan Jones
and performed best by Frankie Laine

A lone 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.

Yippee-yi-yo, yippee-yi-a,
ghost herd in the sky.

Their brands were still on fire
and their hooves were made of steel,

Their horns were black and shiny
and their hots breath he could feel,

A bolt of fear shot through him
as they thundered through the sky,

for he saw the riders comin' hard
and he heard their mournful cry.

Yippee-yi-yo, yippee-yi-a,
ghost riders in the sky.

Their faces were gaunt, their eyes were blurred,
their shirts all soaked with sweat,

They're riding hard to catch that herd,
but they ain't caught 'em yet,

They're riding hard forever
on that range up in the sky,

on horses snortin' flaming fire
as they ride on hill and cry.

Yippee-yi-yo, yippee-yi-a,
ghost riders in the sky.

The cowpokes rode on past him
and he heard one call his name,

If you want to save your soul from hell
a-riding on a range,

Then cowboy change your ways today,
or with us you will ride,

A-trying to catch the devil's herd
across these endless skies.

Yippee-yi-yo, yippee-yi-a,
the ghost riders in the sky

Yippee-yi-yo, yippee-yi-a

Yippee-yi-yo, yippee-yi-a

Yippee-yi-yo, yippee-yi-a

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Frankie Laine’s 1949 version of this classic

was by far the best

and most popular

Listen to it while watching clips from the

2007 movie of the same name

by clicking here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwAPa0qHmLo



LARRY..CURTIS..SPURLOCK

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