Big iron

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To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day 
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Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say 
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No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip 
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for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip 
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Big iron on his hip 
 
 
[Verse 2] 
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It was early in the morning when he rode into the town 
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He came ridin' from the south side slowly lookin' all around 
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He's an outlaw loose and runnin' came the whisper from each lip 
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And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip 
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big iron on his hip 
 
 
[Verse 3] 
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In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red 
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Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead 
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He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four 
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And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more 
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One and nineteen more 
 
 
[Verse 4] 
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Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around 
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Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town 
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He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead 
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And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red 
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After Texas Red 
 
 
[Verse 5] 
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Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red 
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But the outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were dead 
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Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip 
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Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip 
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Big iron on his hip 
 
 
[Verse 6] 
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The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet 
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It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street 
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Folks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath 
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They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death 
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About to meet his death 
 
 
[Verse 7] 
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There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play 
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And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today 
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Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped 
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And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip 
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Big iron on his hip 
 
 
[Verse 8] 
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It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round 
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There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground 
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Oh, he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip 
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When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip 
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Big iron on his hip 
 
 
[Outro] 
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Big iron, big iron 
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When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip 
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Big iron on his hip