The Lone Ranger’s Song, 1938
Words and music by Vaughn De Leath and Jack Erickson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Horses come and horses go
But there is one that you all know
People greet him with acclaim
Silver is his name
Refrain:
Give me the reins
There’s pep in my veins
Onward Westward, ho!
Hi-yo, Silver, Ho-yo!
Over the trail, hill or dale
Swift as wind we’ll go
Hi-yo, Silver, Ho-yo!
Gid-day-ap, Gid-day-ap
Gid-day-ap, Gid-day-ap
We must prevent that crime
Gid-day-ap, Gid-day-ap
Gid-day-ap, Gid-day-ap
We’ll get there in the nick of time
Under the sky we will fly
A hunting we will go
Hi-yo, Silver, Ho-yo!
- I can hardly wait between
The episodes upon the screen
I’m in wonder, I’m in doubt
Just how it turns out
(extra chorus, from 78rpm record by Dick Robertson & his Orchestra)
Gimme that whip!
We’re takin’ a trip off to meet the foe!
Hi-yo, Silver, Hi-yo!
Takin’ it high, he may fly
Don’t give him a show!
Hi-yo, Silver, Hi-yo!
Giddayap, Giddayap, Giddayap, Giddayap!
That ruthless fiend is wild.
Giddayap, Giddayap, Giddayap, Giddayap!
We must get there to save the child!
Pick up that gait, sure as fate
We’ll make him rue the day!
Hi-yo, Silver, Hi-yo!
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: