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