Song Of The Bandit Lyrics - Marty Robbins

Long long ago in old Wyoming lived a maid 

Fair as the sweetest flower bloomin' in the shade 

She loved a bandit bold who roamed the prairie o'er 

And every night she'd listen for his call 

Then far the west his voice came ringing ridin' wild horse he came singing 

Hee li oli yip ioli ay 

Hee li oli yip ioli yip ay oli ya he brings a token of his love 

Swift as the wind he goes for high as the hills he knows she's waiting 

For his hee li oli yip ioli ay 

One day he rode away but never to return 

Danger was waitin' now his love must never yearn 

Long days and lonely nights she waited all in vain 

'Til winter passed and summer came again 

Still every night when the moon came shining for his song her heart was pining 

Hee li oli yip ioli ay 

Hee li oli yip ioli... 

One night an angel brought a message from her love 

Told her he waited in the starry sky above 

Softly she closed her eyes and bade the angel go 

And then the whole world echoed to his song 

For straight down a moonbeam he came ridin' out of the sky on a winged horse glidin' Hee li oli yip ioli ay 

Hee li oli yip ioli... 

Hee li oli yip ioli ay hee li oli yip ioli ay singin' hee li oli yip ioli ay