Texas Red had: “the notches on his pistol number one and nineteen more.” Meaning he had killed 20 men in his life of being an outlaw. So he wasn’t scared. “21 would be the Ranger with the big iron on his hip.”
You should react to El Paso by Marty Robbins and/or Long Black Veil by Lefty Frizzell. Two more great western storytelling songs. Saginaw Michigan by Lefty Frizzell or The Cold Hard Facts of Life by Porter Wagoner are some fun story songs as well. And Fist City by Loretta Lynn is great!
Texas Red had: “the notches on his pistol number one and nineteen more.” Meaning he had killed 20 men in his life of being an outlaw. So he wasn’t scared. “21 would be the Ranger with the big iron on his hip.”
You should react to El Paso by Marty Robbins and/or Long Black Veil by Lefty Frizzell. Two more great western storytelling songs. Saginaw Michigan by Lefty Frizzell or The Cold Hard Facts of Life by Porter Wagoner are some fun story songs as well. And Fist City by Loretta Lynn is great!
You missed the point. Texas Red had killed 20 men, and he was confident that the ranger would be number 21.
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