Cow Cow Boogie

Cow Cow Boogie
music by Benny Carter (near left) & Gene DePaul (at piano)
lyric by Don Raye

Out on the plains down near Santa Fe I met a cowboy ridin' the range one day;
And as he jogged along I heard him a-singin' a most peculiar cowboy song.
It was a ditty he learned in the city,
A-come-a ti aye aye a come-a ti yippity yi a...

Get along, get hip little doggies, get along, better be on your way.
Get along, better be on your way.
Get along, get hip little doggies and he trucked 'em on down the old fairway.

Singin' his cow cow boogie in the strangest way,
Come-a ti aye aye a come-a ti yippity yi a...

Singin' his cowboy songs; he's just too much.
He's got a knocked out western accent with a Harlem touch.

He was raised on local ways; he's what you call a swingin' half-breed,
Singin' his cow cow boogie in the strangest way,
Come-a ti aye aye a; come-a ti yippity yi a...

Get along little doggie, better be on your way.
Get along little doggie and he trucked 'em on down the old fairway
Singin' his cow cow boogie in the strangest way,
Come-a ti aye aye a; come-a ti yippity yi a...