This is a song that we started out singing from the start of our music careers. We started out singing pretty much all classic country and western songs. This one was a great one to do because it was so versatile; we could perform it at country events as well as the cowboy poetry venues. This was one of the first songs we accompanied ourselves on as well. Also, this was Aleisha's first picking solo she learned on the guitar!
-April 2005

Ghost Riders in the Sky
Stanley Jones
© Larry Spier Inc.

An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went upon his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
Coming through the ragged sky, and up a cloudy draw

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Yippe-ai-ay, yippee-ai-oh
Ghost riders in the sky

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they rumbled through the sky
Then he saw the riders coming hard, and he heard their mournful cry

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As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
If you want to save your soul from hell, a riding on this range
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the devil's herd, across these endless skies

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LEAD VOCALS – Alexandra, Aleisha, and Andrea
HARMONY VOCALS - Alexandra and Andrea
RHYTHM GUITAR – Aleisha and Alexandra
LEAD GUITAR – Aleisha
BASS AND BANJO – Moe Marshall