I was hanging round town, just spending my Being out of a job and not a dime A fellow up and he says, "I suppose You're a bronc rider, from the of your clothes"
"Well, you me right and I'm a good one, I claim Would you to have any outlaws to tame?" He says, "I've got one and a good one to At throwing top riders, had lots of luck"
He says this, here's one pony that's never rode And the man gets on him is bound to get thrown I got all heated up and I asked what pay To ride this old nag for a of days
Well, he offered me ten and I say, "I'm man For the bronc isn't that I couldn't fan" He says, "Get your saddle, give you the chance" So we hopped in his buckboard and to his ranch
Out in the horse corral, alone Is an old Cavallo, a strawberry Little pin ears that at the tip A big 44 brand his left hip
He was spavined all round and he had pigeon Little pig and a big Roman nose U-necked and old, with a long jaw You could tell at a glance, a regular outlaw
Well, I buckle on my and I'm sure feeling fine I down my hat and I pick up my twine Throw my on him and well, I know then Before he gets rode, I'll earn my ten
I get the blinds on him a terrible fight Next comes the saddle and I him up tight Then I step on him and raise up the "Get out of the way, boys, bound to unwind"
Well, I threw him his head and I'll say he He to quit living down here on the ground Went up in the east and down in the west I'm up on him and doing my best
He sure was a frog-walker, he heaved a big He only lacked for to be on the fly Turned his old belly up to the sun He sure was a sun son of a gun
He's the worst bucker I've seen on the range He turn on a nickel and give you some change I both my stirrups and also my hat I'm reaching for and blind as a bat
He come down on all fours and he went up on And he left me a-spinning up in the sky Turned over twice and I come down to the And I lit into the day of his birth
Now I know there's ponies I cannot ride There's of them living, they haven't all died But I'll bet my money there's no man Who can stay with old Strawberry when he makes his dive