| Song | Big Iron - Album Version |
| Artist | Marty Robbins |
| Album | Columbia Country Classics Volume 3: Americana |
| [00:06.18] | To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day |
| [00:12.61] | Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say |
| [00:18.74] | No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip |
| [00:23.37] | The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip |
| [00:27.65] | big iron on his hip |
| [00:32.55] | It was early in the morning when he rode into the town |
| [00:38.58] | He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around |
| [00:44.88] | "He's an outlaw loose and runnin'", came a whisper from each lip |
| [00:49.21] | "And he's here to do some business with a big iron on his hip “ |
| [00:53.62] | big iron on his hip" |
| [00:58.41] | In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red |
| [01:04.57] | Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead |
| [01:10.63] | He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four |
| [01:14.98] | And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more, |
| [01:19.38] | one and nineteen more |
| [01:24.22] | Now the stranger started talkin' made it plain to folks around |
| [01:30.37] | Was an Arizonia ranger, wouldn't be too long in town |
| [01:36.56] | He was here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead |
| [01:41.40] | And he said it didn't matter that he was after Texas Red, |
| [01:45.69] | after Texas Red |
| [01:50.48] | Wasn't long before this story was relayed to Texas Red |
| [01:56.59] | But the outlaw didn't worry, men who tried before were dead |
| [02:03.58] | Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip, |
| [02:07.85] | Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip, |
| [02:12.45] | big iron on his hip |
| [02:17.65] | now the morning past so quickly and it was time for them to meet |
| [02:23.97] | It was twenty past eleven when they rode out in the street |
| [02:29.77] | Folks were watchin' from their windows, |
| [02:31.57] | every body held their breath |
| [02:34.00] | They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death, |
| [02:38.41] | about to meet his death |
| [02:43.41] | There was twenty feet between them |
| [02:45.89] | when they stopped to make their play |
| [02:49.63] | And the swiftness of the Ranger still talked about today |
| [02:55.87] | Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped |
| [03:00.20] | And the ranger's aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip, |
| [03:04.59] | big iron on his hip |
| [03:09.48] | It was over in a moment and the crowd all gathered 'round |
| [03:15.79] | There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground |
| [03:21.91] | Oh, he might have went on livin' but he made one fatal slip |
| [03:26.31] | When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip, |
| [03:30.76] | big iron on his hip |
| [03:35.54] | Big iron, big iron, |
| [03:39.91] | Oh he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip |
| [03:44.28] | Big iron on his hip |
| [00:06.18] | To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day |
| [00:12.61] | Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn' t have too much to say |
| [00:18.74] | No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip |
| [00:23.37] | The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip |
| [00:27.65] | big iron on his hip |
| [00:32.55] | It was early in the morning when he rode into the town |
| [00:38.58] | He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around |
| [00:44.88] | " He' s an outlaw loose and runnin'", came a whisper from each lip |
| [00:49.21] | " And he' s here to do some business with a big iron on his hip " |
| [00:53.62] | big iron on his hip" |
| [00:58.41] | In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red |
| [01:04.57] | Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead |
| [01:10.63] | He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four |
| [01:14.98] | And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more, |
| [01:19.38] | one and nineteen more |
| [01:24.22] | Now the stranger started talkin' made it plain to folks around |
| [01:30.37] | Was an Arizonia ranger, wouldn' t be too long in town |
| [01:36.56] | He was here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead |
| [01:41.40] | And he said it didn' t matter that he was after Texas Red, |
| [01:45.69] | after Texas Red |
| [01:50.48] | Wasn' t long before this story was relayed to Texas Red |
| [01:56.59] | But the outlaw didn' t worry, men who tried before were dead |
| [02:03.58] | Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip, |
| [02:07.85] | Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip, |
| [02:12.45] | big iron on his hip |
| [02:17.65] | now the morning past so quickly and it was time for them to meet |
| [02:23.97] | It was twenty past eleven when they rode out in the street |
| [02:29.77] | Folks were watchin' from their windows, |
| [02:31.57] | every body held their breath |
| [02:34.00] | They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death, |
| [02:38.41] | about to meet his death |
| [02:43.41] | There was twenty feet between them |
| [02:45.89] | when they stopped to make their play |
| [02:49.63] | And the swiftness of the Ranger still talked about today |
| [02:55.87] | Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped |
| [03:00.20] | And the ranger' s aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip, |
| [03:04.59] | big iron on his hip |
| [03:09.48] | It was over in a moment and the crowd all gathered ' round |
| [03:15.79] | There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground |
| [03:21.91] | Oh, he might have went on livin' but he made one fatal slip |
| [03:26.31] | When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip, |
| [03:30.76] | big iron on his hip |
| [03:35.54] | Big iron, big iron, |
| [03:39.91] | Oh he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip |
| [03:44.28] | Big iron on his hip |