Who's Gene Autry

Intro             verse 1 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" verse 2 "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" verse 3 "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"