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Intro
Verse 1
To the town of Agua 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
for the stranger there amongst
them had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Verse 2
It was early in the morning when
he rode into the town
He came ridin' from the south
side slowly lookin' all around
He's an outlaw loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some
business with the big iron on
his hip
Big iron on his hip
Verse 3
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 vicious and a killer
though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol
numbered one and nineteen more
One and nineteen more
Verse 4
Now the stranger started
talking, made it plain to folks
around
Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't
be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw
back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter, he
was after Texas Red
After Texas Red
Verse 5
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
Verse 6
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 their
windows, everybody held their
breath
They knew this handsome ranger
was about to meet his death
About to meet his death
Verse 7
There was forty feet 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 'fore a bullet fairly
ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly
with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Verse 8
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 gone on living
but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the
ranger with the big iron on his
hip
Big iron on his hip
Outro
Big iron, big iron
When he tried to match the
ranger with the big iron on his
hip
Big iron on his hi_i_i_ip
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