Frankie Laine – Rawhide, is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, a western television series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1966. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

Frankie Laine – Rawhide
Song by Frankie Laine
Language English
Length 2:00
Composer(s) Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyricist(s) Ned Washington

Notable covers

101 Strings Orchestra
Big John Bates
The Blues Brothers (on the soundtrack to their eponymous film)
Johnny Cash
Dezperadoz (The legend and the truth album, 2006)
Greenbriar Boys
Happy Feet Two
Helgi Björnsson (Icelandic, as Ríðum, ríðum, ríðum)
The Jackson 5
Dead Kennedys[6]
Frankie Laine (performed again with Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra). This version was used in 2013 in an advertisement for Google Chrome.
The Men They Couldn’t Hang
The Meteors
Liza Minnelli
The New Zealand Railways Department used a cover of the song in a 1978 television advertisement for its freight services.[7]
Nassim (full name Nassim Ait-Kaci) recorded an instrumental version for the soundtrack of Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland.
Oingo Boingo
Riders in the Sky
Sheb Wooley (who actually starred in Rawhide)
Jan Rot translated the song in Dutch as «Yippieyayee» for the album An + Jan gaan landelijk, 2008
Johnny Western

TOP 100 WESTERN SONG

Frankie Laine – Rawhide lyrics

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rawhide!
Hah! Hah!

Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin’, rawhide
Through rain and wind and weather
Hell bent for leather
Wishin’ my gal was by my side
All the things I’m missin’
Good vittles, love, and kissin’
Are waiting at the end of my ride
Move ‘em out, head ‘em up
Head ‘em up, move ‘em on
Move ‘em out, head ‘em up:
Rawhide
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, cut ‘em out
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in:
Rawhide!
Hah! Hah!

Keep movin’, movin’, movin’
Though they’re disapprovin’
Keep them dogies movin’, rawhide
Don’t try to understand ‘em
Just rope an’ throw an’ brand ‘em
Soon we’ll be living high and wide
My heart’s calculatin’
My true love will be waitin’:
Be waitin’ at the end of my ride

Move ‘em out, head ‘em up
Head ‘em up, move ‘em on
Move ‘em out, head ‘em up:
Rawhide
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, cut ‘em out
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in:
Rawhide!
(Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’.)
(Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’.)
Hah!
(Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’.)
Hah!
(Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’.)
Rawhide
Hah!
Rawhide!

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