Strawberry Roan
Marty Robbins

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I was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time,
Out of a job, not earnin' a dime,
When a fella steps up and he says," I suppose you're a bronc fighter, from the
looks of your clothes."

He figgers me right, I'm a good one I claim,
Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame?
He says he's got a good one, a bad one to buck
At throwin' good riders he's had lotsa luck.

I gets all het up, and I ask what he pays
To  ride this old nag for a couple of days?
He offered me ten, and I said, "I'm your man,
The bronc never lived that I couldn't fan!"

He said, "get your saddle, I'll give you a chance."
In the buckboard we hops and he drives to the ranch.
I stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck
I steps out to see if this outlaw can buck.

Down in the horse corral, standin' alone,
Is an old caballo, a strawberry roan,
His legs are all spavined, he's got pidgeon toes,
Little pin ears that touch at the tip.
A big forty-four brand was on his left hip,
Ewe-necked and, oh a long lower jaw..
I could see with one eye he's a regular outlaw!

I gets the blinds on him, and it sure is a fright,
Next comes my saddle, and I screws it down tight,
Then I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds,
"Get out' the way, boys, he's gonna unwind!"

He sure is a frog-walker, he heaves a big sigh-
He only lacks wings for to be on the fly,
He turns his ol' belly right up to the sun
He sure is sun-fishin' son-of-a-gun!

He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range,
He'll turn on a nickel and give you some change.
He hits on all fours an' goes up on high,
Leaves me a-spinnin' up there in the sky

I turns over twice, an' I comes back to earth-
I lights there a-cussin' the day of his birth,

I know there are ponies that I cannot ride
There's some of them left, they haven't all died,
I'll bet all my money the man ain't alive
That'll stay with ol' Strawberry, when he takes his high dive.  

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