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Old Red
Don Edwards

Old Red was one of the orniest yet

I've seen at the big rodeo

He'll 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 the 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 way down in the shoot

He was kicking, stomping about

Billy climbed into the saddle with ease

Then he 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 goes



Billy was racking 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 runnin' 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 Billies last ride

The saddle horn crushed Billies 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 of off his back

Old Red broke his neck when he fell


Out in the west, there's they 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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