Old Red

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Marty Robbins

Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. One of the most popular and successful country and Western singers of his era, for most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts, and several of his songs also became pop hits. more »

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1963

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Old Red was one of the orneriest yet 
I've seen at the big rodeo 
He'd bite you and kick you and stomp out your life 
Old Red had never been rode 

Meaner than sin, wild as the wind 
That blew on the Montana plain 
Old Red was one of the last of his breed 
And wasn't about to be tamed 

From Idaho a young cowboy came 
To ride in the big rodeo 
The young cowboy's name was Billy McClain 
And Billy had never been thrown 

The greatest desire filling young Billy's heart 
To ride this old outlaw called Red 
He drew him one day and I heard Billy say 
"I'll ride him or drop over dead" 

Old Red was wicked down there in the chute 
He was kicking and stomping about 
Billy climbed in to the saddle with ease 
Then yelled "Turn him loose, let us out" 

Old Red came out with his head on the ground 
His back hooves were touching his nose 
Tryin' to get rid of the man on his back 
But the man went wherever he'd go 

Billy was rakin' Old Red with his spurs 
From his tail to the tip of his chin 
He was doin' right well, but Billy could tell 
This outlaw would never give in 

Old Red was runnin' straight for the fence 
Suddenly stoppin' and then 
He reared on his hind legs and fell on his back 
Takin' poor Billy with him 

There was a hush in the crowd and they knew 
This would be Billy's last ride 
The saddle horn crushed Billy's chest when they fell 
And under Old Red Billy died 

Old Red lay still, no more would he move 
The cowboys that seen it could tell 
In tryin' to throw Billy off of his back 
Old Red broke his neck when he fell 

Out in the West is the place where they rest 
This cowboy that never was thrown 
And one foot away restin' there 'neath the clay 
Is the outlaw that never was rode

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