Whoopie Ti Yi Yo [German translation]

As I was walking one morning for pleasure

I spied a cowpuncher come a-loping along

His hat was throwed back and his spurs was a-jingling

As he approached he was singing this song

Ti yi yo, little laddy lie easy

Who's your real daddy may never be known

Weeping and wailing and rocking the cradle

Minding a baby that's none of my own

Well it's early in spring that we round up the dogies

We mark 'em, we brand 'em, we bob off their tails

Round up the horses, load up the chuck wagon

Throw them little dogies out on that long trail

Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogie

It's your misfortune, and none of my own

Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogie

For you know that Wyoming will be your new home

Well your ma was born way down in Texas

Where the jimson weed and the sand-burrs grow

We'll fill you up on prickly pear and cholla

Until you're ready for Idaho

Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogie

Your misfortune, and none of my own

Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogie

For you know Wyoming will be your new home

Now some boys they go up the cow trail for pleasure

But that's where they get it most awfully wrong

If you had no idea all the troubles they give

To the boys who are holding them on the bed ground

Ti yi yo, little laddy lie easy

Who's your real daddy may never be known

Weeping and wailing and rocking the cradle

Minding a baby that's none of my own

Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogie

Your misfortune, and none of my own

Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get along little dogie

For you know Wyoming will be your new home

• Artist:Don Edwards
• Album:Saddle Songs (1997).