Peak Billboard position # 1 in 1949 Monroe may not have sung it precisely this way but a recording by him was not Available so the words and music herein are taken from the sheet music as written By Stan Jones Monroes' version, as well as competing versions by Peggy Lee (# 2), Bing Crosby (#14), and Burl Ives (# 21) were all charted as just "Riders In the Sky" Later, The Ramrods took it to # 30 in 1961 with the parenthetical (Ghost) added, As did the Baja Marimba Band (#52 in 1966) and The Outlaws (#31 in 1981) Lawrence Welk used the original title on his # 87 in 1961.
An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw A'plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw
Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o Ghost riders in the sky
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breaths he could feel A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky For he saw the riders comin' hard and he heard their mournful cry
Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o Ghost riders in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, and shirts all soaked with sweat
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