Bing Sings "I'm an Old Cowhand"

[@hollymarie7865]

My grandfather walks around the house and sings this all the time ❤

[@flipscoldjah]

This is my first time actually hearing an original version of this song! My Dad would sing this! ❤️

[@JillShaw]

Bless him 💙 he must be protected at all costs 💜💙✌️

[@CrystalFlowers-c6x]

My parents did

[@scottcarroll9201]

Bing Crosby, Roy Rogers, and Louis Prima singing a cowboy song. That's awesome.

[@legroom4575]

And let's not forget Martha Raye!

[@scottcarroll9201]

Francesca yes! She was a national treasure!

[@Dennis-de2ot]

Absolutely love seeing good footage of Louis prima

[@lekmirn.hintern8132]

And Hollywood's second favorite Russian -- Leonid Kinskey! (Familiar from DUCK SOUP, CASABLANCA, BALL OF FIRE...)

[@adrianmonk4440]

Darn Skippy !!!

[@maryjaneangulo-saenz6596]

My grandpa use to sing this song with me as a lil girl 😊😭🙏 I miss you Grandpa Bernie, love your cowgirl 💖

[@davidhetherington1334]

Bing Crosby, Louis Prima, Roy Rogers & The Sons of the Pioneers and one of the best 'drunk' scenes I've ever seen, courtesy of Martha Raye!

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*Yeah...the 'Big Mouth' was quite something, all the way to her sad end*

[@allenmurray7893]

What a great group of performers. Many of whom are never talked about anymore. Bob Burns, The Arkansas Traveler, no less and that bazooka of his. WOW .

[@gmail4218]

Don't forget about Roy Rogers at 0:32

[@Cheyenne894]

@allenmurray7893 That's what led me here

[@Katu195]

That's Roy Rogers 0:34 - "never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how". He's so young. Little did he know what fame awaited him. That's Bob Nolan who comes up after Roy, from Sons of the Pioneers. Wikipedia "composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."

[@richardbrafford5392]

Johnny Mercer was one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

[@user-xz9je9of2j]

תודה רבה על השיתוף בנושא הזה של בינג קרוסבי המפורסם, כוכב עולמי גדול של מוסיקה וקולנוע, הוא הביא לי זיכרונות טובים מאוד.חיבוק גדול מירושלים.

[@lightaflame8608]

free palestine from settlers

[@Maria_Qnk77]

"Yippi kay oh kay eh" de esta peli sacó la frase Bruce Willis para su personaje de la Jungla de cristal.

[@penghuiing]

Good job to Mr. Mercer for writing this masterpiece

[@essexpeter6116]

That captured a slice of history, including Crosby's reluctant dance!

[@lesteryoung8866]

I just found this jewel!! Music doesn't get any better than this. I don't know that I've ever seen Roy and Bing together. Great music is timeless.

[@gfblack5307]

So much of the music from that period is wonderful. Bing, Louie, Roy and Bob Nolan. I love this video!!!

[@shawmcgowan6872]

Wow that was amazing, can't stop grinning

[@theneverendingjourneyoflif1482]

Playing this for my 2 year Granddaughter Berkeley she just got a negative test for covid 19. Yippie

[@NelsonStJames]

I feel really old, I came here because I remembered this song from an I Love Lucy episode.

[@timothywall1971]

Leonid Kinskey (the bartender from "Casablanca") at 1:27. My mom's repertoire of novelty tunes included this one, "Ragtime Cowboy Joe", "I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded" and many others. Today was her birthday.

[@BackInTheGarden]

May God Bless Her Sweet Soul, your's too ya old fart! ...Great tunes!

[@atomicflash1753]

Louie Prima's trumpet sound is all his

[@nathanieldaiken1064]

Is that a young Martha Raye?! Wow🤔😄

[@bruzote]

Came here for the bazooka! Internet vagabonding brought me here. I somehow started reading about some space exploration news (don't recall why), migrated to the Hayabusa2 asteroid mission, that included mention of a shape charge explosive to kick up a soil sample. I then accidentally mouse-rolled over the words "shape charge" and an image popped up to catch my attention. I visited Wikipedia for Shape Charge after which I came across mention of the bazooka. That entry took me to other notes about the term, bringing me to the truly unique instrument created by comedian Bob Burns, which he plays in this song. BTW, the notes are not controlled by the length of this instrument. That is done with the lips. The *quality* of the notes changes with a change in length, so you change the type of sound by using the slide.

[@sac6013]

It's fantastic! I could listen to this over and over.

[@gmail4218]

0:32 Roy Rogers, uncredited and before he became famous.

[@flynnlizzy5469]

After watching the movie 'Die Hard', I tried to remind friends that its 'yippie yi yo kayah' NOT 'Yippie yo kayah' as Bruce Willis spoke it in the movie. Of course no one was interested in my picky criticism - but I was, dang it. I really don't care (much) that Willis' line was wrong and really, what does it matter ? Well to me it did and now, finally, after all these years I have been vindicated !! My real problem was that I could not remember where I knew the line from (prior to watching 'Die Hard') although I suspected it was from a Saturday morning viewing of one of my favorite TV shows starring Roy and Dale Evans back when I was just a little kid. However, until the internet came along, I didn't even know where to start looking for the correct answer to my long held assertion. Now the problem is, I have no one to share this with, my friends from back in the day are now all gone. So now I share this with you, the stranger(s) who may one day read this comment. I can't imagine that I'm the only person on this planet who noticed this tiny slip of tongue or error in script writing. Leave it to me though, the 'you always have to be right' guy. Hopefully I've provided the answer for those similarly afflicted schmucks out there like me ... I mean, could I be the only one ? Really ? For the other searchers, may you stumble upon this and may it bring you, at long last, the sought out relief you desire. Its been my pleasure and you're very, very welcome comrade. This video was posted 11 years ago. Had I only seen it then, how much sooner I would have been relieved ! Just in case you're wondering what the heck I'm going on about. Bruce Willis was voted #46 in the '100 Greatest Actors of all Time' list for uttering these words - incorrectly - in the 1988 movie 'Die Hard'. THIRTY FOUR years I've been haunted, tortured .... but TODAY.... today I'm finally relieved of my suffering !! Thank YOU nicoley133, thank you, thank you !! *BTW, nothing against Mr Willis, I wish him all the best ! Its just that I was RIGHT dang it !! So, anyone wanna go see a film with me ? No ....? 🙂

[@SantiagoRevecoLepeReborn]

Bing Crosby said "Yippee-ki-yay" before it was cool.

[@bipcar]

The curly headed guy wearing chaps is Leonid Kinskey. He went on to play Sasha the bartender in Casablanca.

[@arnefogel5333]

"FIREFLY BLOCKED US EVERY TIME! - YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW POPULAR HE IS IN FREDONIA!" - Leonid Kinsky in "Duck Soup" (1933)

[@assadakram5867]

My Maternal Grandfather Used To Sing This Song To Me When I Was A Young Boy!

[@kyleadams1454]

Great song written by Johnny Mercer. Bing does it right.

[@danamcbride5605]

Yee-haw! Doin' this song tonight at the gig in San Marcos, Texas.

[@whirlaway05]

I wish I was around in these times. This is good ol' Americana!

[@igorbuarque]

Agreed

[@Le_Sourpuss]

No KZbin back then :)

[@rondaleroi]

No, you really don't. I can remember a time when we didn't have air conditioning. REALLY unpleasant.

[@fmurphy55]

Not "Real America'. But it was Real Americana.

[@redribbondeoxys2707]

This was the Great Depression and Hitler was in charge of Germany(1919-1933 Weimar Republic)

[@Jazz-dc6tf]

similar tune to "brother, have you brought me hope, or have you paid my fees, or have you come to see me hangin' from the gallows tree..."

[@scottfree4100]

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how Sure ain't a fixing to start in now Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah I'm an old cowhand and I come down from the Rio Grande And I learned to ride, ride, ride 'fore I learned to stand I'm a riding fool who is up to date I know every trail in the Lone Star State 'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V 8 Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah We're old cowhands from the Rio Grande And we come to town just to hear the band We know all the songs that the cowboys know 'Bout the big corral where the doggies go We learned them all on the radio Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah I'm an old cowhand (Oh yes, Mr. Bing) (Too hot for you, Uncle Fudd) Down from the Rio Grande Oh where the west is wild all around the borderland Where the buffalo roam around the zoo And the Injuns run up a rug or two And the old Bar X is just a barbecue, yeah Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah I'm a pioneer who began from scratch I don't bat an eye in a shootin' match They don't call me Elmer, they call me Satch Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah Get along little horsy Get along little horsy Yippie yi yo kayah, oh

[@AubreyandNessaSlayyyy-sh4df]

Eddie, the postman from to grandmother’s house we go sings this while he’s driving around!

[@djangoshmango]

I've seen part of this on the Johnny Mercer documentary but this whole thing is super! Louis Prima and Roy Rogers!!!!

[@doneverly3535]

The way it was and the way it is today Give me the PEACE of the OLD SHOWS and OLD WAYS , Thank you Nicoley133 for sharing this

[@jonathanlane5432]

So much talent in this number!

[@Search1110]

Louis Prima young. What a surprise, what a man.

[@nicoley133]

It's an interesting group! Glad you got to see it. :)

[@vancouverterry9142]

"I spend all my time at the hotel bar / with the plantar's punch and a big cigar / and even my horse is a movie star, yippee yi yo kay hay" -- yup, capturing America as it had become at one point. Back in the day when Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks had two female singers, they recorded a version of this song where the two women hit one of the most absolutely perfectly blue notes I have ever heard on the word "band" in the line "and I come to town / just to hear the band". If you can find that version of this song, check out how they blues that phrase in this great, great American classic.

[@robulusx2]

very cool version, I thought that was Roy there on guitar, wow!

[@NotHarpoGroucho]

rIt was! I just realised that!

[@jmch6359]

You might look for Montana Moon next, Joan Crawford's strangest movie. A blend of cowboys and city slickers that has to be seen to be understood.

[@KeithDec25]

The ill-fated Frances Farmer is the pretty blonde in the background She said this was one of the films she really enjoyed making...Seeing these song/gagsters cutting up you can well understand the fun they had on the set...

[@TheShizue777]

All of those great stars! Love Leonid Kinskey, who played Sascha, the bartender in Rick's Cafe Americain in ''Casablanca." This is a gem. Thank you for posting, nicoley133. You've made my day.

[@raulalfonsotejada3340]

Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande And I come to town just to hear the band I'm a cowboy who never seed a cow Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how And I sure ain't fixin' to startin' now Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay He's an old cowhand from the Rio Grande But he'd rather be in a good swing band They fed me hot tamales the day I was born I been red-hot ever since that morn When I start to cool I just grab my horn Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay He's an old cowhand from the Rio Grande Where the West is wild round the borderland Where the buffalo roam around the zoo And the Injuns run up a rug or two The old Bar X is a barbecue, Whoa Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Oh, yippee-aye-o-ki-ay He's an old cowhand from the Rio Grande And he learned to ride 'fore he learned to stand I'm riding fool who is up-to-date I know every trail in the Lone Star state And I ride the range in a Ford V- Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay He's an old cowhand from the Rio Grande And he done retired livin' off the land I spend all my time at the hotel bar With a planter's punch and a big cigar 'Cause my old ranch horse is a movie star Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Oh, yippee-aye-o-ki-ay She's an old cowgal Just a regular pal They don't call me Emma They just call me Al We're so gosh-darn horsey around our way We don't say howdy We just say"hay" We don't answer We all just neigh Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay I'm just an old cowhand Down from the Rio Grande Oh, yeah, man And I can round up herd Just to beat the band Oh, tell me Now I'm a "pie-on-ear" Who began from scratch I don't bat an eye in a shootin' match I'll be foreman soon if my plans all hatch Oh, yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay They're old cowhands from the Rio Grande And we sing duet in the cowboy band You should hear us a-make-a with a hi-de-ho You should hear us make with below, below Below, below And both join in with a ho-ho-ho Yippee-o Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Ho-ho-ho Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay Yippee-aye-o-ki-ay

[@mtnwldflrc.7754]

Lyrics I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how Sure ain't a fixing to start in now Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah I'm an old cowhand and I come down from the Rio Grande And I learned to ride, ride, ride 'fore I learned to stand I'm a riding fool who is up to date I know every trail in the Lone Star State 'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V 8 Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah We're old cowhands from the Rio Grande And we come to town just to hear the band We know all the songs that the cowboys know 'Bout the big corral where the doggies go We learned them all on the radio Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah I'm an old cowhand (Oh yes, Mr. Bing) (Too hot for you, Uncle Fudd) Down from the Rio Grande Oh where the west is wild all around the borderland Where the buffalo roam around the zoo And the Injuns run up a rug or two And the old Bar X is just a barbecue, yeah Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah I'm a pioneer who began from scratch I don't bat an eye in a shootin' match They don't call me Elmer, they call me Satch Yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah Get along little horsy Get along little horsy Yippie yi yo kayah, oh Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Johnny Mercer I'm an Old Cowhand lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc

[@jimcrawford5039]

Louis Prima and Roy Rogers no less!

[@thetonyfromconey3144]

Great video. Haven't saw this movie since I was a child.

[@mr.aldini6801]

I never realized how cute Martha Raye was!

[@tomthumb5250]

One of the first movies Francis Farmer made. B-movie, but fun to watch.

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 74yo Aussie fan.

[@bagiee1]

lol..awesome mix of singers and musicians....great fun.... the guy at 1.25 is Pecos Bill :)))

[@donbrown1284]

Johnny Mercer's first big hit song in Hollywood.

[@noelbourke4641]

Hey, that's Roy rogers in that back up.

[@ryansetzer694]

Noel Bourke Yes as a member of the sons of the pioneers! At this point his name was Leonard Slye.

[@catherinedecanniere9098]

Noel Bourke &

[@lagunaflyguy]

One of the Sons of the Pioneers.

[@movement1487]

Louis Prima in 0:13 is fantastic. Check out I Wan'na Be like You (The Monkey Song) - the Jungle VIP!

[@BrianJohnson-eu2on]

Phil Harris as balloo the bear is pretty good too.

[@nwinzikayote2335]

Who else heard "Epi anyen w pa ye"😅 🇭🇹

[@TH3L33TM3XICAN]

just found one of my old records has this in instrumental *Score*

[@bralingii1635]

What a line-up!

[@alisonderrick1067]

Thank You ☺️ 🙏 for this! And for your love ❤️ for Bing! I subscribed instantly seeing that. And I wondered what’s your favorite female version of this song? I’m an old cowhand? I love ❤️ covering this song! Haha 😂 but which girl do you recommend? And in terms of this era of music 🎶 which female singers artists do you adore 🥰 as well? Much appreciated Gracias! 🤍🤍🤍

[@pizzaboy1250]

Anyone know where I can find this movie? My Grandpa played as a stunt double for Bing during the scene where he rode the bull.

[@nicoley133]

Neat! Amazon? It's part of a region 1 double feature with Rhythm on the River.

[@KeithDec25]

+Jacob Govatos Hope you got the film since your post MCA had a double film dvd with RHYTHM ON THE RANGE paired off with another Crosby title (RHYTHM ON THE RIVER?) MCA VAULT series is one source You might also try MOVIES UNLIMITED and OLDIES.com

[@Unreissued]

Karl Pilkington... why of ALL places

[@jimkaim85]

Contact Westerns on the web to see if they can help

[@alisonderrick1067]

Unbelievable! I hope and pray that you find your copy soon. That’s so cool 😎. Thanks for that interesting fact! That’s incredible truly! Wow 😳 so beautiful to have that rare and precious treasure in your pocket! Thank You ☺️ for that life filled part of history. God bless you and yours. 🤍🤍🤍

[@sac6013]

Love this!!!!!!!

[@shoppingisspastic4924]

I love this

[@karenbannister2300]

I love it

[@marksell5774]

Love Bing, Martha, Roy, and the Dorseys. And bedrock values. Grew up with that stuff midcentury. And liked Ike. Yet... Beware of nostalgia! Takes us to dangerous places.

[@bralingii1635]

Bob Burns playing his "bazooka". The tall guy with the Russian accent is Leonid Kinskey.

[@RRaquello]

He came from Tacoma Washington. You can't get much further west than that. Also here, Bob Burns & the original bazooka. You can't see (and hear) Bob Burns and not think that Andy Griffith got a lot from him.

[@richardrolison9932]

first recorded rap cypher

[@FreeKentHovind]

The Unusual Suspect brought me here! ;-) lol

[@nicoley133]

Most actors who play movie cowboys aren't convincing as cowboys...that is the real deal, out of American history cowboy. Which is fine by me, because I'd rather watch movie cowboys. There were better movie cowboys than Bing, I'll grant you that. Still, I've always been surprised Bing didn't do another picture or two in this vein, considering how many hits he had with western songs.

[@scottcarroll9201]

From what I read in his biography Bing was actually one of the best horsemen in Hollywood among actors. But he felt the audience wouldn't buy him and/or didn't want to see him in cowboy roles.

[@RobertoStinkyPants]

Roy Rogers too!!!

[@michaelcondry1493]

Love bing.

[@carlrudd1858]

..my goodness...(it's great!)

[@bonniebianco5918]

james reyne covered this for the b side of "trouble in paradise" but i can't find his version online.i'll buy the original vinyl.

[@patthecatman]

louis prima...i wish i could get "row, row up the river st lawrence" on you tube; can't find it.

[@nicoley133]

@RETRONAUTA yup :)

[@NeilThompson30]

Bing Crosby, Louis Prima, Sons of the Pioneers - was this video made in Heaven?

[@clemensbalde]

MIB 3

[@heathkelly7163]

Chopper Read and his singing Detective brought me here.

[@SandyofCthulhu]

don't miss Bob Burns playing his Bazooka

[@cliffadam9460]

Yea!

[@commandoxy]

I wonder what was going through Frances Farmer's mind as this scene was filmed.

[@redcalx9568]

yup

[@annagraceisbell2311]

Martha Raye too.

[@deborahskyrim1314]

THANX MICHAEL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@trogus02]

Before smartphones

[@BrianJohnson-eu2on]

And Martha Raye.

[@gibbs-13]

I came from Die Hard

[@steeevealbright]

Die Hard always gets me there too.

[@ibrahimmihsan5566]

same

[@Yellow_Fox]

Me too

[@zZfurkyZz]

love!!!! you!!! ;)

[@RETRONAUTA]

At 0:33 Roy Rogers

[@lesteryoung8866]

If you want to see some benzedrine induced craziness, check out some of Louie's stuff from the late 50's and early 60's.

[@ditaardiyani3395]

♥️

[@wilburbonzo]

0:32 Roy Rodgers

[@pollutance]

Inner Space "yippee yi-yo ki-yay"

[@KenpachiPoker]

I love Lucy sent me here

[@ShaneC27]

The Cowboy from Innerspace brought me here 😂😂

[@arkatoz]

Interspace has the best version of this song.

[@redribbondeoxys2707]

I plan to use this instrumental in something

[@BackInTheGarden]

@nicoley 133, May God Bless You... Oh! nevermind... I see He has!... HalleluYAH!

[@rexrod7692]

yippee-ki-yay!

[@randtedronai]

Who is that guy and what instrument is he playing at the 1:37 mark?

[@jacqudace]

Bob Burns Bazooka

[@Seth.1845]

It's Louis Prima at the start of the video?

[@Seth.1845]

Yes it was...

[@mperrotti76]

Yes! That’s who that is!

[@jamesgallagher_nysf]

He's in the whole thing. Playing trumpet and singing.

[@gfblack5307]

Gotta love the "ethnic" fella!!

[@maureenk2050]

+Gf Black, Louis Prima??

[@TheShizue777]

A very young Louis Prima. Wow! I remember him from the 1950s.