Lyrics Big Iron - Marty Robbins
To
the
town
of
Agua
Fria
rode
a
stranger
one
fine
day
Hardly
spoke
to
folks
around
him,
didn't
have
too
much
to
say
No
one
dared
to
ask
his
business,
no
one
dared
to
make
a
slip
For
the
stranger
there
among
them
had
a
big
iron
on
his
hip
Big
iron
on
his
hip
It
was
early
in
the
morning
when
he
rode
into
the
town
He
came
riding
from
the
south
side
slowly
lookin'
all
around
He's
an
outlaw
loose
and
running,
came
the
whisper
from
each
lip
And
he's
here
to
do
some
business
with
the
big
iron
on
his
hip
Big
iron
on
his
hip
In
this
town
there
lived
an
outlaw
by
the
name
of
Texas
Red
Many
men
had
tried
to
take
him
and
that
many
men
were
dead
He
was
vicious
and
a
killer
though
a
youth
of
24
And
the
notches
on
his
pistol
numbered
one
and
19
more
One
and
19
more
Now
the
stranger
started
talking,
made
it
plain
to
folks
around
Was
an
Arizona
ranger,
wouldn't
be
too
long
in
town
He
came
here
to
take
an
outlaw
back
alive
or
maybe
dead
And
he
said
it
didn't
matter
he
was
after
Texas
Red
After
Texas
Red
Wasn't
long
before
the
story
was
relayed
to
Texas
Red
But
the
outlaw
didn't
worry
men
that
tried
before
were
dead
20
men
had
tried
to
take
him,
20
men
had
made
a
slip
21
would
be
the
ranger
with
the
big
iron
on
his
hip
Big
iron
on
his
hip
The
morning
passed
so
quickly,
it
was
time
for
them
to
meet
It
was
20
past
11
when
they
walked
out
in
the
street
Folks
were
watching
from
the
windows,
everybody
held
their
breath
They
knew
this
handsome
ranger
was
about
to
meet
his
death
About
to
meet
his
death
There
was
40
feet
between
them
when
they
stopped
to
make
their
play
And
the
swiftness
of
the
ranger
is
still
talked
about
today
Texas
Red
had
not
cleared
leather
'fore
a
bullet
fairly
ripped
And
the
ranger's
aim
was
deadly
with
the
big
iron
on
his
hip
Big
iron
on
his
hip
It
was
over
in
a
moment
and
the
folks
had
gathered
round
There
before
them
lay
the
body
of
the
outlaw
on
the
ground
Oh,
he
might
have
went
on
living
but
he
made
one
fatal
slip
When
he
tried
to
match
the
ranger
with
the
big
iron
on
his
hip
Big
iron
on
his
hip
Big
iron,
big
iron
When
he
tried
to
match
the
ranger
with
the
big
iron
on
his
hip
Big
iron
on
his
hip
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