Vaughn Monroe in concert 1965

Well, excuse me for coming back to this.

I was cruising YouTube and I came upon Vaughn Monroe in concert in 1965. This thing is for sure just a cowboy song, especially as it was done by Monroe in 1949.  But in 1965 he is doing it wearing a dinner jacket with a full orchestra all in matching complete formal dress.  In front of the stage people can be seen dancing (fox trot?).

The way he does it in 1964 isn't exactly country, but Monroe's powerful and distinctive voice and phrasing make me want to post it again.

Ghost Riders in the Sky.

Monroe may not have sung it precisely in this way but the words reproduced below the clip are as taken from the sheet music as written by Stan Jones.

An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
A'plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breaths he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders comin' hard and he heard their mournful cry

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, and shirts all soaked with sweat
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught them yet
They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear their cry

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range"
"Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride"
"A-tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies."

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky.