It seems like only yesterday that we rode the range together
The prairie skies and tumbleweeds just as far as we could see
Then, you grew up and drifted on, but i know that you remember

When you were a saddle pal to hoppy, gene and me

Freckle faced and skinned up knees

You helped us trap the bad guys
With a five cent bag of popcorn
And a cap gun by your side


You know, time has a way of changin' things
Soon, there was your first love

You thought it would last forever
But when she left, you cried


But hoppy, gene and me
We taught you how to shoot straight
And a cowboy's never cryin'

That's how it had to be

Yes, stories from the silver screen

Now most of them forgotten
Double feature saturdays
With hoppy, gene and me


At last you found your real true love
And now you look so happy

Is that your little cowpoke,
You're bouncin' on your knee


Well the prairie sky is just as blue
And life's like a rainbow
Just like you, he'll be a saddle pal

To hoppy, gene and me

Hoppy, gene and me

We taught you how to shoot straight
You were going to be a cowboy
That's how it had to be


Your stories from the silver screen
Now most of them forgotten

Double feature saturday's
With hoppy, gene and me


(yodel to end)