The Strawberry Roan-Jim Hendricks

[ti:The Strawberry Roan] [ar:Jim Hendricks] [al:Cowboy Serenade: Songs From The American West] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Strawberry Roan - Jim Hendricks [00:04.18]I was hangin around town just spendin my time [00:08.02] [00:08.69]Out of a job not earnin' a dime [00:12.69]A feller steps up and he said i suppose [00:17.05]You're a bronc fighter from the looks of your clothes [00:21.45]You figures me right i'm a good one i claim [00:25.42]Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame [00:29.32] [00:29.84]Said he's got one a bad one to buck [00:33.51] [00:34.28]For throwin' good riders he's had lots of luck [00:39.15] [00:41.81]I gets all het up and i ask what he pays [00:45.40] [00:46.00]To ride this old nag for a couple of days [00:50.22]He offered me ten i said i'm your man [00:53.85] [00:54.56]A bronc never lived that i couldn't fan [00:58.16] [00:58.80]He said get your saddle i'll give you a chance [01:02.94]In his buckboard we hops [01:04.78]And he drives to the ranch [01:06.75] [01:07.40]I stayed until mornin' and right after chuck [01:10.93] [01:11.64]I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck [01:16.25] [01:19.39]Down in the horse corral standin' alone [01:23.32]Is an old caballo a strawberry roan [01:27.17] [01:27.70]His legs are all spavined he's got pigeon toes [01:31.49] [01:32.02]Little pig eyes and a big roman nose [01:35.80] [01:36.48]Little pin ears that touch at the tip [01:39.91] [01:40.53]A big 44 brand was on his left hip [01:44.17] [01:44.84]You necked and old with a long lower jaw [01:48.91]I could see with one eye he's a regular outlaw [01:54.24] [01:57.35]That's strawberry roan [01:59.96] [02:01.58]That's strawberry roan [02:04.05] [02:14.81]That's strawberry roan [02:17.09] [02:20.03]I gets the blinds on him and it sure is a fright [02:23.75] [02:24.48]Next comes the saddle and i screws it down tight [02:28.03] [02:28.69]Then i steps on him and i raises the blinds [02:32.72]Get out the way boys he's gonna unwind [02:36.71] [02:37.27]He sure is a frogwalker he heaves a big sigh [02:41.41]He only lacks wings for to be on the fly [02:45.73]He turns his old belly right up to the sun [02:49.42] [02:49.94]He sure is a sunfishin' sonofagun [02:55.02] [02:57.42]He's about the worst bucker [02:59.46]I've seen on the range [03:01.12] [03:01.87]He'll turn on a nickel and give you some change [03:05.63] [03:06.14]He hits on all fours and goes up on high [03:09.89] [03:10.55]Leaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky [03:14.05] [03:14.70]I turns over twice and i comes back to earth [03:18.40] [03:18.95]I lights in the cussin' the day of his birth [03:23.21]I know there are ponies that i cannot ride [03:27.32]There's some of them left they haven't all died [03:32.92] [03:35.75]That's strawberry roan [03:38.25] [03:39.94]That's strawberry roan [03:42.54] [03:43.40]I'll bet all my money [03:45.45]The man ain't alive [03:47.54]That'll stay with old strawberry [03:50.04]When he makes his high dive