Tonart: B minor
Verse 1
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To the town of Vacaville
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rode a stranger one fine day
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Hardly spoke to folks around him,
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didn't have too much to say
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No one dared to ask his business,
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no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them
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had a big iron on his hip
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Big iron on his hip
It was early in the morning
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when he rode into the town
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He came riding from the south side
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slowly looking all around
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He's an outlaw loose and running
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came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business
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with a big iron on his hip
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Big iron on his head
In this town there lived an outlaw
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by the name of Texas Red
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Many men had tried to take him
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and that many men were dead
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He was vi cious and a killer
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though youth of twenty -four
And the notches on his pistol
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numbered one in nineteen -four
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One in nineteen -four
Now the stranger started talking,
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made it plain to folks around
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wouldn't be too long in town
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He came here to take an outlaw
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back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter,
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he was after Texas Red
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Af ter Texas Red
Was involved before the story
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was replayed to Texas Red
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But the outlaw didn't worry
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men that tried before were dead
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Twenty men had tried to take him,
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twenty men had made a slip
Twenty -one would be the ranger
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with a big iron on his hip
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Big iron on his hip
The morning passed so quickly,
it was time for them to meet
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It was twenty past eleven
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when they walked out in the street
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Folks were watching from
the windows,
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everybody held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger
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was about to meet his death
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About to meet his death
There were forty feet
between them
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when they stopped to make their play
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And the swiftness of the ranger
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is still talked about today
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Texas Red did not clear the leather
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for a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly
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with a big iron on his hip
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Big iron on his hip
It was over in a moment
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and the folks had gathered round
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There before them lay the body
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of the outlaw on the ground
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Oh, he might have went on a livin'
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but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger
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with the a big iron on his hip,
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big iron on his hip.
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Big iron, big iron,
when he tried to match the ranger
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with a big iron on his hip,
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big iron on his hip.
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