Well it all started
south of San Antone
Them cowboys came
to run that cattle
north past Oklahome
We've heard the stories
the Wild West wrote
But have you heard the song
that kept their
rhythm on the road
Well they went one Mississippi
all the way to Kansas City
Hi-ho yippee-ki-yay
Get on get gettin'
'cause there ain't no quittin'
long as Chisholm Trail
Nightingales sing
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh
Through the dust clouds
you'd hear the roar
The hooves of beasts
and mustangs
beatin' on that desert floor
The days were long
the night gave no rest
And it took a lot
for just two men
to tame two-hundred head
So they sang one Mississippi
on the way to Kansas City
Hi-ho yippee-ki-yay
Get on get gettin'
'cause there ain't no quittin'
long as Chisholm Trail
Nightingales sing
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh
They sounded ragged
and sun-beat tired
They had no guitar strings
And you can still hear
that cowpoke choir
Across the plains it rings
And they sang one Mississippi
on the way to Kansas City
Hi-ho yippee-ki-yay
Get on get gettin'
'cause there ain't no quittin'
long as Chisholm Trail
Nightingales sing
The canteens shaking
the saddlebags breaking
and we're yod-odle-ayeing
all the way
There ain't no end in sight
but you gotta pass the time
So Chisholm Trail
Nightingales sing
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh
Ooh oh-ooh-ooh