alvin and the chipmunks sing alongs ragtime cowboy joe

Single by David Seville and the Chipmunksįrom the album Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks He's a high-falutin', rootin' tootin' Son of a gun from California He's some cowboy Talk about your cowboy Ragtime Cowboy Joe The Chipmunks 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe' The Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh! at University of California, Davis also adapted the song with the following variation: (for the Cowboys) C! O! W! B! O! Y! S! COWBOYS! COWBOYS! COWBOYS! (for the Cowgirls) C! O! W! G! I! R! L! S! COWGIRLS! COWGIRLS! COWGIRLS! University of California, Davis The lyrics Stroup wrote for the University of Wyoming follow: Stroup, while teaching at Northern Illinois University in 1961, also wrote the 'Huskie Fight Song', which was adopted as the university's fight song in 1963. Stroup also composed school songs for Drake University and the University of Chicago. The song, 'Fight, North Texas', has endured for eighty-three years and the lyrics have changed minimally to reflect the name changes of the university. He also had composed the fight song for his alma mater, the University of North Texas in 1939, ten years after graduating. Stroup had been an Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education for Men at Wyoming until August 31, 1950. The version of the song appropriated by Wyoming was written by Francis Edwin Stroup (1909–2010) in 1961. Traditionally, Cowboy fans stand and clap to the beat of the song as played by Wyoming's Western Thunder Marching Band. 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe' is also the fight song of the University of Wyoming. A more recent rendition of the song appears on Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks' 2009 album 'Tangled Tales'.Ĭollege fight songs University of Wyoming song He also played many 'live' versions recorded during the University of Wyoming football and basketball games. Paul Aaron played many versions of his favorite song dating back to one sung by Bob Roberts from an RCA Victor 78 rpm record. During one of his radio shows Paul Aaron had the elder Joe Abrahams (the original Cowboy Joe) as a special guest. 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe' was the radio show theme song for New York City's long running, award-winning public radio show, Cowboy Joe's Radio Ranch (1976–1988), hosted by Paul Aaron, New York's Cowboy Joe. Variations include: 'Where the bad lands are', 'How he sings', 'Ragtime music', 'That's syncopated gaited/And you ought to hear the meter', 'scootin' shootin'' or 'rootin' tootin'', 'Son of a gun from old Wyoming', or additions of '(A pretty good horse)', 'He's some cowboy', and/or 'Talk about your cowboy'.

When he starts a-spieling On the dance hall floor No one but a lunatic Would start a war Wise men know His forty-four Makes men dance for fair. How they run When they hear that fellow's gun Because the Western folks all know He's a high-faluting, scooting, shooting, Son of a gun from Arizona, Ragtime Cowboy Joe.ĭressed up every Sunday In his Sunday clothes He beats it to the village Where he always goes And every girl In town is Joe's 'Cause he's a ragtime bear. He always sings Raggy music to the cattle As he swings Back and forward in the saddle On a horse That is syncopated gaited And there's such a funny meter To the roar of his repeater. He got his name from singing To the cows and sheep Every night they say He sings the herd to sleep In a basso Rich and deep, Crooning soft and low. Out in Arizona Where the bad men are, And the only friend to guide you Is an evening star, The roughest and the toughest Man by far Is Ragtime Cowboy Joe. Original lyrics Īs with many popular songs of the era, the verse is often omitted: the refrain's lyrics vary somewhat depending on the performer. It became a number-one hit song for singer Bob Roberts, also the second best-selling record of 1912. Maurice Abrahams was so captivated by the appearance of his nephew dressed up as a cowboy that he was inspired to write 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe'. 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe' was composed in Brooklyn after an appearance at the home of Abrahams by his nephew, Joe Abrahams, wearing a cowboy outfit. The song's lyricist and composers are Clarke, Muir and Abrahams. It was also performed by Betty Hutton in the 1945 musical film Incendiary Blonde.

The song has been recorded by a diverse group of artists, including Bob Roberts (1912), the Tune Wranglers (1936), Pinky Tomlin (1939), Eddy Howard (1947), Jo Stafford (1949), and the Chipmunks (1959).

Alvin and the chipmunks sing alongs ragtime cowboy joe