I was round town, just spending my time Being out of a job and not earning a A walks 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 happen to any outlaws to tame?" He says, "I've got one and a one to buck At throwing top riders, he's had of luck"
He says this, here's one pony that's never been And the man that on him is bound to get thrown I got all up and I asked what he'd pay To ride old nag for a couple of days
Well, he me ten and I say, "I'm your man For the bronc living that I couldn't fan" He says, "Get your saddle, I'll you the chance" So we hopped in his buckboard and rode to his
Out in the horse corral, alone Is an old Cavallo, a strawberry Little pin ears that at the tip A big 44 brand upon his hip
He was spavined all round and he had toes pig eyes 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 spurs and I'm sure feeling I pull my hat and I pick up my twine Throw my loop on him and well, I know Before he rode, I'll sure earn my ten
I get the blinds on him with a terrible Next comes the and I cinch him up tight Then I step on him and up the blinds "Get out of the way, boys, he's to unwind"
Well, I threw him his head and I'll say he He seemed to quit down here on the ground Went up in the east and come down in the I'm up on him and doing my best
He sure was a frog-walker, he heaved a big He only wings 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 about the worst bucker I've seen on the He could turn on a nickel and give you 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 up on high And he me a-spinning up there in the sky Turned twice and I come down to the earth And I lit into the day of his birth
Now I know there's ponies that I ride There's of them living, they haven't all died But bet my money there's no man alive Who can stay with old Strawberry he makes his high dive