The Coyote's Lament song (all parts)
"Yip Yip Yip Yow" (sung by a coyote chorus voiced by The Mellomen) is a song about the plight of the coyote at the hands of man and dog. It was featured in the Walt Disney Presents episode "The Coyote's Lament". It was later heard in Disney's Coyote Tales.
Lyrics[]
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yow...
Oh, we once had a home
Where we just loved to roam
And hunt rabbits and squirrels all day
Then man moved west
And did his durn best
To chase all our vittles away
He built corrals and pens
For the lambs and the hens
And he fenced in the open prairie
There is no doubt
He's crowdin' us out
He's makin' life a misery!
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yay
We howl all night
And we prowl all day
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yee
You made our life a misery!
(Howls x2)
You made our life a misery!
Now you took our domain
This is plain inhumane
Made our life an untolerable one
You hung a price
Around our ol' necks
And hunted us with dogs, traps and guns
Oh, our life would be grand
If you'd just leave our land
We were here before you, don't ya see?
So pack your bags
And move 'er away
And give back our lonesome prairie!
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yay
We howl all night
And we prowl all day
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yee
You made our life a misery!
(Howls x2)
You made our life a misery!
Oh, you say we're a pest
Just a thief of the west
'Cause we live by our wits, don't ya see?
We love our place
The wide open space
Just footloose and all runnin' free
We are scoundrels, you say
And you keep us at bay
By the standards that you all have set
We know you have tried
To keep us hogtied
We don't want to be a durn pet!
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yay
We howl all night
And we prowl all day
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yee
You made our life a misery!
(Howls x2)
You made our life a misery!
Oh, we roam on the range
And it all seems plum strange
To exist we just plain got to cheat
We raid at night
It's sure not quite right
But man, we've just got to eat
Now, whenever we can
We just grab a fat lamb
We all know it must just give you fits
It's hard to steal
A full-course meal
When we have to live by our wits!
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yay
We howl all night
And we prowl all day
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yee
You made our life a misery!
(Howls x2)
You made our life a misery!
Oh, we once had a home
Where we just loved to roam
And hunt rabbits and squirrels all day
Then man moved west
And did his durn best
To chase all our vittles away
He built corrals and pens
For the lambs and the hens
And he fenced in the open prairie
There is no doubt
He's crowdin' us out
He's makin' life a misery!
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yay
We howl all night
And we prowl all day
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yee
You made our life a misery!
(Howls x2)
You made our life a misery!
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yow
Yip yip yip yow
Yow...
Trivia[]
- Later airings of the program would cut part of the fourth verse of the song involving a coyote being threatened with a gun.
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