June and the Carter Family

Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro

Back in the saddle again

My little boy said, "Daddy, who's Gene Autry?"

His old movie was comin' on TV

And I said, "Let me tell you about him, son"

And I took him upon my knee

"Why, when I was a little boy about your size

And just about every Saturday night

When I could scrape up a dime for the movies

And when my Daddy said alright"

"I'd be right downtown at the picture show

Like everybody else that could

To see a handsome man

On a big fine stallion goin' about, doin' good"

Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro

Put him back in the saddle again

Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way

Back in the saddle again"

"Well, he could ride his horse and play his guitar

And sing all at the same time

And I was ridin' right along there beside him

On that broomstick pony of mine"

"And you know his pistol never ran out of bullets

When the bad guys had to be stopped

And somehow his bullets never drew any blood

But the bad guys dropped when he shot"

"Yeah, old Gene was an image of justice

And goodness and purity

And in the eyes of a poor, little country boy

He made the world look better to me"

Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro

Put him back in the saddle again

Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way

Back in the saddle again"

"And you know the way

He rescued the rancher's daughter

He'd sent a thrill right up the aisle

And the endin' would always send us home

With a good victorious smile"

"Now you ask me, 'Who's Gene Autry?'

Well, son, go ahead and watch the show

And then ride off into the sunset with him

Like I did forty years ago"

Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro

Put him back in the saddle again

Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way

Back in the saddle again"