Big Iron

[ti:Big Iron] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Old School Country Classics: The 1960's, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.08]Big Iron - The Hit Crew [00:01.35] [00:05.78]To the town of Agua Fria [00:07.69]Rode a stranger one fine day [00:09.78] [00:11.95]Hardly spoke to folks him [00:13.44]Around didn't have too much to say [00:17.50]No one dared to ask his business [00:20.00]No one dared to make a slip [00:22.01]For the stranger there among 'em [00:23.79]Had a big iron on his hip [00:25.85] [00:26.51]Big iron on his hip [00:29.13] [00:31.05]It was early in the mornin' when he rode into town [00:34.91] [00:37.14]He came ridin' from the south side [00:39.14]Slowly lookin' all around [00:41.98] [00:43.17]"He's an outlaw loose and runnin'" [00:44.99]Came a whisper from each lip [00:47.31]"He's here to do some business [00:49.11]With the big iron on his hip [00:51.07] [00:51.68]Big iron on his hip" [00:54.58] [00:56.17]In this town there lived an outlaw [00:58.05]By the name of Texas Red [01:01.17] [01:02.25]Many men had tried to take him and [01:04.45]That many men were dead [01:07.73] [01:08.30]He was vicious and a killer [01:10.11]Though a youth of twenty-four [01:11.97] [01:12.50]And the notches on his pistol numbered one and [01:15.37]Nineteen more [01:17.01]One and nineteen more [01:19.36] [01:21.41]Now the stranger started talkin' [01:23.06]Made it plain to folks around [01:25.88] [01:27.38]Was an Arizonia ranger [01:29.24]Wouldn't be too long in town [01:33.36]He came there to take an outlaw back [01:35.42]Alive or maybe dead [01:37.63]Said it didn't matter he was [01:39.63]After Texas Red after Texas Red [01:44.20] [01:46.28]Wasn't long before this story was [01:48.33]Relayed to Texas Red [01:51.06] [01:52.36]But the outlaw didn't worry men [01:54.39]That tried before were dead [01:58.86]Twenty men had tried to take him [02:01.28]Twenty men had made a slip [02:03.02] [02:03.57]Twenty-one would be the ranger [02:05.37]With the big iron on his hip [02:07.80]Big iron on his hip [02:10.49] [02:12.89]The mornin' past so quickly [02:14.37]It was time for them to meet [02:16.23] [02:17.83]It was twenty past eleven when [02:20.32]They walked out in the street [02:23.89] [02:24.40]Folks were watchin' from their windows [02:26.35]Every body held their breath [02:28.67]They knew this handsome ranger was [02:30.62]About to meet his death [02:32.24] [02:32.85]About to meet his death [02:35.12] [02:37.50]There was forty feet between them when [02:39.56]They stopped to make their play [02:41.95] [02:43.46]And the swiftness of the Ranger is [02:45.52]Still talked about today [02:49.41]Texas Red had not cleared leather [02:51.33]For a bullet fairly ripped [02:53.58]And the ranger's aim was deadly [02:55.37]With the big iron on his hip [02:57.24] [02:57.87]Big iron on his hip [03:00.73] [03:02.52]It was over in a moment and [03:04.52]The folks had gathered 'round [03:06.69] [03:08.47]There before them lay the body [03:10.44]Of the outlaw on the ground [03:13.83] [03:14.44]Oh he might have gone on livin' but [03:16.53]He made one fatal slip [03:18.64]When he tried to match the ranger [03:20.38]With the big iron on his hip [03:22.60]Big iron on his hip [03:25.25] [03:27.45]Big iron big iron [03:30.77] [03:31.59]When he tried to match the ranger [03:33.46]With the big iron on his hip [03:35.04] [03:35.60]Big iron on his hip