"One Little Coyote" is a Riders in the Sky song covered by The Wiggles on the It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! album and video, with Human Nature guest starring on the album.
Lyrics[]
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We stopped and heard a sweet and sad refrain
It filled the sundown skies with a lonesome tune
It was one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We stopped and heard a sweet and sad refrain
Two wise old night owls calling 'Come home soon'
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard three big elk bugling through the trees
Two wise old night owls calling 'Come home soon'
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard four moo cows lowing in the breeze
Three big elk bugling through the trees
Two wise old night owls calling 'Come home soon'
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard five prairie dogs whistling at a snake
Four moo cows
Three big elk
Two wise owls
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard six beavers slapping tails upon a lake
Five prairie dogs
Four moo cows
Three big elk
Two wise owls
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard seven geese honking 'cross the sky
Six beavers slap
Five prairie dogs
Four moo cows
Three big elk
Two wise owls
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard eight mustang, whinnying wild and high
Seven geese
Six beavers slap
Five prairie dogs
Four moo cows
Three big elk
Two wise owls
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard nine buffalo stampede and run away
Eight mustang
Seven geese
Six beavers slap
Five prairie dogs
Four moo cows
Three big elk
Two wise owls
And one little coyote howling at the moon
As I rode my pony across the western plain
We heard ten cowboys singing loud, ‘cause it's payday
Nine buffalo stampede and run away
Eight mustang, whinnying wild and high
Seven geese honking ‘cross the sky
Six beavers slapping tails upon a lake
Five prairie dogs whistling at a snake
Four moo cows lowing in the breeze
Three big elk bugling through the trees
Two wise old night owls calling 'Come home soon'
And that one little coyote howling at the moon
Song Credits[]
Douglas B Green (Songs of the Sage, BMI)
Trivia[]
- The DVD and CD versions differ the backing vocals and animal sounds by Human Nature and The Wiggles and also the DVD version omits the banjo which was heard in the CD version.
- The album version with Human Nature is in stereo, and the video version is in mono.
- The verse "Four Little Dogies" was changed to "Four Moo Cows" since some children don't know that a dogie is a motherless or neglected cow.
- In the tenth and last verse, after Greg passes by each of the previous nine groups, the camera is zoomed in on one individual per group.
- Henry the Octopus and Dorothy the Dinosaur are absent from this number.
- At 5 minutes, this is one of the longest songs The Wiggles have ever recorded, due to the gradually increasing length of its verses.