Big Iron
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[00:05.47] To the town of Agua Fria
[00:08.12] Rode a stranger one fine day
[00:10.77] Hardly spoke to folks around him
[00:14.24] Didn't have too much to say
[00:17.69] No one dared to ask his business
[00:20.60] No one dared to make a slip
[00:22.74] The stranger there among them
[00:24.60] Had a big iron on his hip
[00:27.25] Big iron on his hip
[00:30.44] It was early in the morning
[00:33.89] When he rode into the town
[00:36.82] He came ridin' from the south side
[00:40.27] Slowly lookin' all around
[00:43.72] "He's an outlaw loose and runnin'
[00:46.12] "Came the whisper from each lip
[00:48.50] "He's here to do some business
[00:50.35] With the big iron on his hip"
[00:52.75] Big iron on his hip
[00:56.99] In this town there lived an outlaw
[00:59.67] By the name of Texas Red
[01:03.12] Many men had tried to take him
[01:05.78] And that many men were dead
[01:10.02] He was vicious and a killer
[01:11.88] Though a youth of twenty-four
[01:14.26] And the notches on his pistol
[01:16.12] Numbered one and nineteen more
[01:18.52] One and nineteen more
[01:21.99] Now the stranger started talkin'
[01:25.17] Made it plain to folks around
[01:28.09] He was an Arizona Ranger
[01:31.54] Wouldn't be too long in town
[01:35.53] He came here to take an outlaw
[01:37.92] Back alive or maybe dead
[01:40.05] He said it didn't matter
[01:41.91] He was after Texas Red
[01:44.56] After Texas Red
[01:48.55] Wasn't long before the story
[01:51.21] Was relayed to Texas Red
[01:54.39] But the outlaw didn't worry
[01:57.31] Men that tried before were dead
[02:01.30] Twenty men had tried to take him
[02:04.49] Twenty men had made a slip
[02:06.88] Twenty-one would be the Ranger
[02:08.74] With the big iron on his hip
[02:11.13] Big iron on his hip
[02:15.38] The morning passed so quickly
[02:18.03] It was time for them to meet
[02:21.48] It was twenty past eleven
[02:24.14] When they walked out in the street
[02:27.59] Folks were watchin' from the windows
[02:30.52] Everybody held their breath
[02:32.64] They knew this handsome Ranger
[02:34.50] Was about to meet his death
[02:37.15] 'Bout to meet his death
[02:41.14] There was forty feet between them
[02:44.07] When they stopped to make their play
[02:47.25] And the swiftness of the Ranger
[02:50.17] Is still talked about today
[02:53.62] Texas Red had not cleared leather
[02:56.28] For a bullet fairly ripped
[02:58.40] And the Ranger's aim was deadly
[03:00.54] With the big iron on his hip
[03:03.19] Big iron on his hip
[03:07.70] It was over in a moment
[03:09.83] And the folks had gathered 'round
[03:13.29] There before them lay the body
[03:16.20] Of the outlaw on the ground
[03:20.45] Oh, he might have went on livin'
[03:22.32] But he made one fatal slip
[03:24.45] When he tried to match the Ranger
[03:26.55] With the big iron on his hip
[03:28.96] Big iron on his hip
[03:33.22] Big iron, big iron
[03:38.00] When he tried to match the Ranger
[03:40.12] With the big iron on his hip
[03:42.51] Big iron on his hip
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