Riders In The Sky performs "Pecos Bill" on Hee Haw 1987.

Riders In The Sky performs "Pecos Bill" on Hee Haw 1987.

Pecos Bill is a fictional cowboy in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were probably invented as short stories in a book by Edward S. O'Reilly in the early 20th Century and are considered to be an example of fakelore. Pecos Bill was a late addition to the "big man" idea of characters, such as Paul Bunyan or John Henry.

Riders In The Sky Pecos Bill lyrics

Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas

The Western Superman to say the least

He was the roughest, toughest critter

Never known to be a quitter

'Cause he never had no fear of man, nor beast

So yippee-I-ay-I-ya, yippee-I-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Pecos roped through raging cyclone out of nowhere

He saddled it and straddled it with ease

While that cyclone bucked and flitted

Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it

And he tamed that ordinary wind down to a breeze

So yippee-I-ay-I-ya, yippee-I-o

He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Pecos lost his way while traveling on the desert

(Water, water, water)

It was ninety miles across the burning sand

(Water, water, water)

He knew he'd never reach the border

If he didn't get some water

So he…