I'm bound to follow the Longhorn Cows until I get too oldIt's well I work for wages, boys, I get my pay in goldMy bosses, they all like me, well, they say I'm hard to beatBecause give them a book, stand off, they know I've got the cheekHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yayNow I'm a Texas cowboy just off the stormy plainsMy trade is garden saddles and pulling brighter rainsOh, I can tip the lasso, it is with graceful easeI can roll the streak of lightning and ride her where I pleaseHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yayNow if I had me a little steak, I soon would marry meBut another week and I must go, the boss said so todayMy girl must cheer up courage and choose some other oneFor I'm bound to follow the Longhorn Cows until I get too oldThe Longstar Trail until my race is wonHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yayIt's when we're on the trail where the dust and the bellows flyIt's fifty miles from water and the grass is scorching dryThe boss gets mad and ringy as you can plainly seeAnd I want to be the boss for the rest of my lifeI want to leave the trail, my boys, in an honest form of peaceHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayAnd when we get them bedded, boys, we think it's further nighSome horse will shake his saddle and give that herd a fryThey'll rise up to their feet, my boys, and mightn't dash awayAnd it's moving time to the lead, my boys, you hear some cowboys sayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayAnd when we get them rounded up and quieted down againThe dark cloud will rise in the west and fire will play on their hornsThe boss will say, stay with them, boys, your pay will be in goldI'm bound to follow the longhorn steer until I get too oldHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayWhen I get in Kansas, I had a pleasant dreamI dreamt I was down on the Trinity, down by that pleasant streamMy true love right beside me, she'd come to go my bailBut I woke up brokenhearted with a yearling by the tailHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yayHi-ya-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yay