All the people of today, they are going far away To the mountains, the lakes, or the sea There's a little spot out west that I always loved the best And there's someone a-waiting for me She'll be happy (She'll be happy) She'll be free (She'll be free) When she wanders alone with me It'll be getting quite late When I meet her at the gate And there's someone a-waiting for me Yodel-ay-ee, oh-ah-lee-oh-lay-ee Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee, oh-ah-lay There's birds in every tree and they sing among the breeze But there's none so happy as me I am going out west and there I'll do my best To build a little home for you and me She'll be happy (She'll be happy) She'll be free (She'll be free) When she wanders alone with me It'll be getting quite late When I meet her at the gate And there's someone a-waiting for me Yodel-ay-ee, oh-ah-lee-oh-lay-ee Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee, oh-ah-lay Oh, the birds that fly above singing dear songs of love O'er the meadows, the valleys so deep Their voices so sweet that they sing me to sleep For I know my darling will not weep She'll be happy (She'll be happy) She'll be free (She'll be free) When she wanders alone with me It'll be getting quite late When I meet her at the gate And there's someone a-waiting for me Yodel-ay-ee, oh-ah-lee-oh-lay-ee Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee, oh-ah-lay (Instrumental break)