Riders in the Sky
Peggy Lee

(Ghost) Riders In the Sky
Vaughn Monroe

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
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught them yet
They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear their cry

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
A-tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies.

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky


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Lyrics by Peggy Lee

  (Ah, The Apple Trees) When the World Was Young   (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings   (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco   (Just One Way to Say) I Love You   (When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas   (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman   \   A Brown Bird Singing   A Cottage for Sale   A Cottage for Sale [#]   A Doodlin' Song   A Hundred Years from Today [#]   A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues   A Song for You   Again   All Dressed up With a Broken Heart   Alright, Okay, You Win   Always Something There to Remind Me   Always True to You in My Fashion   As Long as I Live   Autumn in New York   Autumn in Rome   Baby (Is What He Calls Me)   Baby Don't Be Mad At Me   Baby Don't Be Mad At Me   Back in Your Own Backyard   Back to Your Own Backyard   Bali Ha'i   Basin Street Blues   Baubles, Bangles And Beads   Bewitched   Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered   Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)   Big Spender   Big Spender [DVD]   Big Spender [From the Broadway Show Sweet Charity]   Black Coffe   Black Coffee   Black Coffee   Blue Moon   Blue Prelude   Boston Beans   Bouquet of Blues   Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show   Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show   But Beautiful   Button Up Your Overcoat   Bye Bye Blackbird   Call Me Darling   Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)   Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)...   Can I Change My Mind?   Caramba! It's The Samba   Caramba! It's the Samba!   Careless   Cheek to Cheek   Christmas Carousel   Christmas Waltz   Close Your Eyes   Come Back To Me   Come Back to Me [From On a Clear Day You Can See F...   Come Dance With Me   Come Rain Or Come Shine   Cottage for Sale   Dancing on the Ceiling   Day In - Day Out   Days of Wine and Roses   Dear Heart   Deck the Halls   Deed I Do   Deep Purple   Deep Purple [#]   Do I Love You?   Don't Be So Mean To Baby   Don't Ever Leave Me   Don't Ever Leave Me   Easy Does It   Easy Evil   Easy Living   Everbody Loves Somebody   Everybody Loves Somebody   Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes   Everything I Love   Everything Must Change [Live]   Everything's Movin' Too Fast   Fever   Fever [Cover]   Fever [DVD]   Fever [Gabin Remix Edit][Edit]   Fever [Live]   Fever [Mono Version][*]   Fever [Radio Broadcast Recording]   Fine and Dandy   Fine and Mellow   For Sentimental Reasons   From Now On   From Now On [*]   Full Moon   Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You   Get Out of Town   Getting To Know You   God Bless the Child   Goin' To Chicago Blues   Goin' To Chicago Blues   Golden Earrings   Golden Earrings [From Golden Earrings]   Goody Goody   Gotta Travel On   Greensleeves   Half as Much   Hallelujah, I Love Him So   Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe   Happy Holiday (2006 Digital Remaster)   He Needs Me   He Needs Me   He's A Tramp   He's A Tramp   Heigh Ho (It's Off To Work We Go)   Help Me Make It Through the Night   Hey Big Spender   Hey There   Hey There [From The Pajama Game]   Hey, Look Me Over!   Hey, Look Me Over! [*]   Hold Me   How Deep Is the Ocean   How Deep Is the Ocean?   How Deep Is the Ocean? [#]   How Deep Is the Ocean? [Album Version]   How Deep Is the Ocean? [Alternate Take]   How Insensitive   How Insensitive [Insensatez]   How Long Has This Been Going On   I Am in Love   I Am in Love [From Can-can]   I Can Hear Music   I Could Have Danced All Night   I Could Have Danced All Night [From My Fair Lady]   I Could Write a Book   I Cover the Waterfront   I Cover the Waterfront [DVD]   I Didn't Know What Time It Was   I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard   I Enjoy Being A Girl   I Enjoy Being a Girl [From Flower Drum Song]   I Feel It   I Get A Kick Out Of You   I Get Ideas   I Get the Blues When It Rains   I Go to Sleep   I Got It Bad   I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues   I Hear Music   I Left My Heart in San Francisco   I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart   I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)   I Like Men!   I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City   I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City   I Love Being Here With You   I Love the Way You're Breaking My Heart   I Love The Way You're Breaking My Heart   I Love to Love   I Only Have Eyes For You   I Remember You   I See a Million People (But All I See Is You)   I See a Million People But All I Can See Is You   I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)   I Wanna Be Around   I'll Be Around   I'll Be Seeing You   I'll See You In My Dreams   I'm A Woman   I'm Beginning To See The Light   I've Got The World On A String   I've Got You Under My Skin   I'll Be Seeing You   I'm A Woman   I've Got The World On A String   I've Got You Under My Skin   If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)   If I Should Lose You   If You Could See Me Now   If You Go   Is That All There Is   Is That All There Is?   Is That All There Is? [DVD]   It Ain't Necessarily So   It Could Happen to You   It Might as Well Be Spring   It Never Entered My Mind   It's A Good Day   It's All Over Now   It's Been A Long, Long Time   It's A Good Day   It's All Over Now   Jim   Joey, Joey, Joey   Johnny Guitar   Just An Old Love Of Mine   Just for a Thrill   Just In Time   Just One More Chance   Just One of Those Things   Just One of Those Things [Single Version]   Just Squeeze Me   Kansas City   Laroo, Laroo Lilli Bolero   Laroo, Laroo, Lili Bolero   Laroo, Laroo, Lilli Bolero   Last Night When We Were Young   Let Me Go Lover   Let Me Go, Lover   Let Me Go, Lover!   Let There Be Love   Life Is So Peculiar   Light Of Love   Linger in My Arms a Little Longer Baby   Linger In My Arms A Little Longer, Baby   Little Drummer Boy   Lonesome Road   Love   Love and Marriage   Love for Sale [Live]   Love Is Here to Stay   Love Is Just Around the Corner   Love Letters   Love Letters   Love Me or Leave Me   Lover   Lover Come Back to Me   Lover, Come Back to Me   Lullaby Of Broadway   Mañana   Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)   Mañana   Mack the Knife   Mack the Knife [Live]   Make the Man Love Me   Manana   Manana (Is Soon Enough for Me)   Me and My Shadow   Mean To Me   Mister Wonderful   Misty [Live]   Mohair Sam   Molly Malone   Moments Like This   Moments Like This [#]   Mountain Greenery   Mr Wonderful   Mr Wonderful [Live]   Mr. Wonderful   Music! Music! Music!   My Future Just Passed   My Gentle Young Johnny   My Heart Belongs To Daddy   My Heart Belongs To Daddy   My Heart Stood Still   My Last Affair   My Man   My Old Flame   My Old Flame [#]   My Old Flame [Alternate Take]   My Silent Love   My Sugar Is So Refined   My Sweet Lord   Nice Work If You Can Get It   Non Dimenticar   Not a Care in the World   Not a Care in the World [Previously Unreleased Alt...   Oh What A Beautiful Morning   Oh, You Crazy Moon   Old Devil Moon   On The Atchison, Topeka, And The Santa Fe   On the Street Where You Live   On the Street Where You Live [From My Fair Lady]   On The Sunny Side Of The Street   One Note Samba   One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota Só)   One Note Samba (Samba de uma Nota So)   Our Love Is Here to Stay   Pass Me By   Pass Me By [From Father Goose]   People Will Say We're in Love   Pieces of Dreams   Pieces of Dreams [*]   Please Be Kind   Please Send Me Someone to Love   Pompton Turnpike   Release Me   Remind Me   Riddle Song   Riders In The Sky   San Francisco Blues   Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (2006 - Remaster)   Santa Claus Is Coming To Town   See See Rider   September in the Rain   Shady Lady Bird   Shangri-La   Siamese Cat Song [From Lady and the Tramp (1955)]   Silence Is Golden   Sing a Rainbow   Singin' In the Rain   Sisters   So In Love   So What's New?   So What's New?   Somebody Loves Me   Someday, Sweetheart   Someone Who Cares   Somethin' Stupid   Somethin' Stupid   Something I Dreamed Last Night   Something to Remember You By [#]   Something Wonderful   Spinning Wheel   Squeeze Me   St. Louis Blues   St. Louis Blues [DVD]   Stormy Weather   Strangers in the Night   Street of Dreams   Sugar   Sunshine Cake   Sweet Happy Life   Sweet Happy Life (Sambra de Orfeu)   Sweet Happy Life [*]   Sweetheart   Swing Low Sweet Chariot [Alternate Version][Altern...   Swing Low, Sweet Chariot   Taking a Chance on Love   Talk To Me Baby   Tango   Teach Me Tonight   That Old Black Magic   That Old Feeling   That Old Feeling [From Vogeus of 1938]   That Old Gang of Mine   The Alley Cat Song   The Best Is Yet To Come   The Best Is Yet to Come [DVD]   The Case of M.J.   The Christmas Song   The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)   The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (2006 ...   The Christmas Waltz   The Christmas Waltz (2006 - Remaster)   The Folks Who Live On The Hill   The Folks Who Live on the Hill [Live]   The Glory of Love   The Lady Is a Tramp   The Little Drummer Boy   The Little Drummer Boy (2006 - Remaster)   The Man I Love   The More I See You   The Old Master Painter   The Old Master Pointer   The Riddle Song   The Second Time Around   The Shadow of Your Smile   The Shadow of Your Smile [From the Sandpiper]   The Siamese Cat Song   The Surrey with the Fringe on Top   The Surrey With the Fringe on Top [From Oklahoma!]   The Sweetest Sounds   The Way You Look Tonight [From Swing Time]   The Wearing of the Green   Them There Eyes   Them There Eyes   There Is No Greater Love   There'll Be Some Changes Made   There'll Be Some Changes Made   These Foolish Things   This Could Be the Start of Something Big [*]   This Could Be the Start of Something Big [#]   This Little Piggie Went To Market   Through a Long and Sleepless Night   Through the Eyes of Love   Together (Wherever We Go)   Together (Wherever We Go) [*]   Tonight You Belong to Me   Too Close For Comfort   Too Late Now   Unforgettable   Unforgettable [*]   Until the Real Thing Comes Along   Waitin' For The Train To Come In   Waitin' For The Train To Come In   Waiting for the Train to Come In   Watch What Happens   Watch What Happens [From the Umbrellas of Cherbour...   Way You Look Tonight   Wearing of the Green   What a Little Moonlight Can Do   What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?   What I Did For Love   What Is This Thing Called Love   When A Woman Loves A Man   When I Fall In Love   When My Sugar Walks Down the Street   When the Roses Bloom Again [#]   When the Sun Comes Out   Where Can I Go Without You?   Where Do I Go from Here?   White Christmas   White Christmas (2006 - Remaster)   Why Don't You Do Right   Why Don't You Do Right   Winter Wonderland   You and the Night and the Music   You Can Depend on Me   You Fascinate Me So   You Go to My Head   You Go to My Head [Single Version]   You Got to My Head   You Make Me Feel Brand New   You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby   You Stepped Out of a Dream   You Was   You Was [*]   You Was Right Baby   You're My Thrill   You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You   You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You

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