
Date of issue: 31.12.1972
Record label: Liberty
Song language: English
Old Red |
Old Red was one of the orniest yet |
I’d seen at the big rodeo |
He’d bite you and kick you and stomp out your life |
Old Red had never been rode |
Meaner than sin, wild as the wind |
That blew on the Montana plains |
Old Red was one of the last of his breed |
And wasn’t about to be tamed |
From Idaho, a young cowboy came |
To ride in the big rodeo |
The young cowboy’s name was Billy McLean |
And Billy had never been thrown |
The greatest desire filled young Billy’s heart |
To ride this old outlaw called Red |
He drew him one day and I heard Billy say |
«I'll ride him or drop over dead» |
Old Red was wicked down there in the shoot |
He was kicking and stomping about |
Billy climbed into the saddle with ease |
And yelled turn him loose let us out |
Old Red came out with his head on the ground |
His back hooves were touching his nose |
Trying to get rid of the man on his back |
But the man went wherever he’d go |
Billy was raking Old Red with his spurs |
From his tail to the tip of his chin |
He was doing right well, but Billy could tell |
This outlaw would never give in |
Old Red was running straight for the fence |
Suddenly stopping and then |
He reared on his hind legs then fell on his back |
Taking poor Billy with him |
There was a hush in the crowd and they knew |
This would be Billy’s last ride |
The saddle horn crushed Billy’s chest when they fell |
And under Old Red Billy died |
Old Red lay still, no more would he move |
The cowboys that seen it could tell |
In trying to throw Billy off his back |
Old Red broke his neck when he fell |
Out in the west is a place where they rest |
This cowboy that never was thrown |
And one foot away resting there 'neath the clay |
Is the outlaw that never was rode |
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