BIG IRON

(Marty Robbins)

(Duet with Marty Robbins)

To the town of Aqua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say

No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip

The stranger there among 'um had a big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

It was early in the morning when he rode into the town

He rode in from the southside slowly looking all around

'He's an outlaw loose and running', came the whisper from each lip

He was here to do some business with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red

Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead

He was viscious and a kidder though a youth of twenty-four

And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more

One and nineteen more

 

Now the stranger started talkin', made it plain to folks around

There was an Arizona Ranger wouldn't be too long in town

He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead

But he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red

After Texas Red

 

Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red

But the outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were dead

Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip

Twenty-one would be the Ranger with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet

It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street

Folks were watching from the windows, everbody held their breath

They knew this handsome Ranger was about to meet his death

'Bout to meet his death

 

There was 40 ft between them when they stopped to make their play

And the swiftness of the Ranger is still talked about today

Texas Red had not cleared leather, for a bullet fairly ripped

And the Ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round

There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground

Oh, he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip

When he tried to match the Ranger with a big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

Big Iron

Big Iron

When he tried to match the Ranger with a big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

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