The Strawberry Roan-Marty Robbins

[ti:The Strawberry Roan] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Vols. 1 & 2 (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Strawberry Roan - Marty Robbins [00:04.32]I was hangin' 'round town just spendin' my time [00:08.94]Out of a job not earnin' a dime [00:13.27]A feller steps up and he said I suppose [00:17.03] [00:17.64]You're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes [00:21.34] [00:21.99]You figures me right I'm a good one I claim [00:25.96]Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame [00:30.00] [00:30.55]Said He's got one a bad one to buck [00:34.86]At throwin' good riders he's had lots of luck [00:39.10] [00:42.29]I gets all het up and I ask what he pays [00:46.14] [00:46.66]To ride this old nag for a couple of days [00:50.51] [00:51.02]He offered me ten; I said I'm your man [00:54.76] [00:55.46]A bronc never lived that I couldn't span [00:59.19] [00:59.69]He said: Get your saddle I'll give you a chance [01:03.70]In his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch [01:07.95]I stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck [01:12.48]I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck [01:16.79] [01:20.30]Down in the horse corral standin' alone [01:24.27]Is an old Caballo a Strawberry Roan [01:28.59]His legs are all spavined he's got pigeon toes [01:33.02]Little pig eyes and a big Roman nose [01:36.89] [01:37.55]Little pin ears that touched at the tip [01:41.78]A big 44 brand was on his left hip [01:46.06]U-necked and old with a long lower jaw [01:50.00]I could see with one eye he's a regular outlaw [01:54.60] [01:57.35]I gets the blinds on 'im and it sure is a fright [02:01.80]Next comes the saddle and I screws it down tight [02:06.24]Then I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds [02:10.60]Get outta the way boys he's gonna unwind [02:14.69]He sure is a frog-walker he heaves a big sigh [02:19.04]He only lacks wings for to be on the fly [02:23.17]He turns his old belly right up to the sun [02:27.42]He sure is a sun-fishin' son-of-a-gun [02:31.95] [02:34.79]He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range [02:39.09]He'll turn on a Nickel and give you some change [02:43.41]He hits on all fours and goes up on high [02:47.27] [02:47.93]Leaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky [02:52.04]I turns over twice and I comes back to earth [02:56.47]I lights in a cussin' the day of his birth [03:00.44]I know there are ponies that I cannot ride [03:04.90]There's some of them left they haven't all died [03:09.11]I'll bet all my money the man ain't alive [03:13.30]That'll stay with Old Strawberry [03:15.55]When he makes his high dive