I was hanging around town just spendin' my time Out of a job not earning a dime A feller steps up and he siad I suppose You're a bronc fighter from the looks of your clothes You figure me right I'm a good one I claim Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame Said he's got one bad one to buck For throwin' good riders he's had lots of luck
I get all het up and I ask what he pays To ride this old nag for a couple of days He offered me ten and I said I'm your man A bronc never lived that I couldn't fan He said get your saddle I'll give you a chance In his buckboard we hop and he drives to the ranch I stayed until morning and right after chuck I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck
Down in the horse corral standing alone Is an old cabayou a strawberry roan His legs're all spathered he's got pidgeon toes Little pig eyes and a big roman nose Little pin ears that touch at the tip A big forty-four brand was on his left hip "U" neck and old with a long lower jaw I could see with one eye he's a regular outlaw
I get the blinds on him and it sure is a fright Next comes my saddle and I screw it down tight Then I step on him and I raise the blind Get out the way boys he's gonna unwind He sure's a frog walker he heaves a big sigh He only likes wings for to be on the fly He turns his old belly right up to the sun He sure is a sun fishin' son of a gun
He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range He'll turn on a nickel and give you some change He hits on all fours and goes up on high Leaves me a spinning up there in the sky I turn over twice and I come back to earth I like in to cussin' the day of his birth I know there are ponies that I cannot ride There's some of them left they haven't all died I'll bet all my money the man ain't alive That'll stay with ol' strawberry when he makes his high dive