Robbins, Marty - Little Joe The Wrangler Lyrics

Marty Robbins got me interested in country music. I had grown up in a country music home, and I HATED it. As a child of the 60's I was into rock and roll...the Beatles, Credence Clearwater and so on. But I was a NASCAR fan too, and there was a guy named Marty Robbins who drove in what then was called "Grand National" racing. The radio people said he was a country music singer. Who was this guy? I wonder what he sounds like. I started listening to the local country station and discovered a world I had ignored most of my life. I can say today, at 67 years old, that my father in heaven is probably laughing at me listening to Marty, Hank, Lefty, Tex, Patsy and so on. And it's all Marty Robbins #42's fault. :)

Nobody could do cowboy songs like Marty.

Man do i miss my papa he put me up on all the old music man do i miss him God rest his soul!!! I love you grandpa!!

WHAT a voice... and GREAT songs. He was a TRUE gentleman entertainer. Hard to find his equal anymore!!!

Learned to sing this song when I was very little as my Uncle would sing it to all of us kids. I'm now 72 and still love that song

marty robins is awesome

love it,could you put up lyrics to Marty Robbins song -San Angelo please as i can't find them anywhere.

North of the border of Old Mexico
I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo
A hot sun was glowing, a hot breeze was blowing
Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss.

She sent a message a long time ago
Secora had promised to meet me in San Angelo
I was aware of the chance I was taking
I was an outlaw but great was my love for this girl.

I must be with her I can't stay away
Nights spent without her are lonely and so are the days
If it means death then I'll have to chance it
Only a few minutes more and she'll be at my side.

At ten o' clock in the morning
I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street
Where was Secora, had she forgotten
This was the day and the hour that she wanted to meet
But something is wrong with our plans and I fear death awaits me
Here on this hot dusty street.

Up on a housetop but still I can see
There hides a man with a rifle, it's pointed at me
I might escape from the man with a rifle
But there are others just like him that I cannot see.

Back of each window the click of a gun
Die if I stay and my love for her won't let me run
Where is Secora, will my eyes see her
Then in a moment she runs from a door down the street.

"Up on your horse", she is crying
"Ride out of town it's a trap and they're waiting for you"
But if I ride out, she must ride with me
Then in a moment I know that our chances are gone
For a bullet is well on its way and it finds my Secora
She cries as she falls in my arms.

Over and over her soft lips did say
"Now we're together, I won't let them take you away"
One little sigh, her little lips tremble
Then it was over, Secora had drifted away.

Tears dim my vision but plainly I see
The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me
I rise to meet him, my one thought it beat him
He deserves death and I swear that this ranger will die.

I beat his draw and I shot him
Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets could fly
My gun is empty or more I would shoot him
Now there are others just like him that want me to die
Their bullets are coming my way, how they hurt when they hit me
The pain makes me fall to the ground.

Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight
I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life
If I must die, let me find Secora
Let me hold on to her hand for the few moments left.

Blindly I search and it isn't in vain
I touch the soft velvet hand and it eases the pain
Life is no more but we're together
Even in death she's my lover,
It's over,
Goodbye.

Does anybody else remember that they found him, "beneath his horse, smashed to a pulp, his spur had rung the knell
for our little Texas strayboy, wrangler Joe.

Chaw wouldn’t have run into that washout.

what happened to Chaw? #bestcharacter

the rest of them shot him and cut him into steaks and ate him.

I'll never forgive Russell Wood

Abigail lead me here.

Chris BK who’s Abigail

Whenever someone says country sucks, I play Marty Robbins and ask 'em "there, bet you feel stupid now, huh?

Love marty Robbins forever

Nobody has a voice that could match Mary robins.

I really, really like this kinda of ballads. Never get Tired of this kinda Music.

Such a sad song despite it having quite a cheerful tone/melody. Poor kid

U love this man songs

No the ranch working this song comes to me all the time Love this Thank You Marty 😇

Never heard Marty do this great old song before and yes, he does have a way to get this all and his other music over, "just right".  I believe its called "feeling".

It’s a good day when you find a “new” Marty Robbins song!

I Agree..

One off the best love him singing

poor kid , ridding hard in the rain and in the night ; trying to do good and had forgotten about fear . Young brave men , do not forget about fear for fear will leed you to caution , caution with help you with less mistakes . that would be my luck to jump on the fastest in the dark . I'm sure it was until the fall !!

Lol the lyrics are almost the same for surly Joe

Marty sure could sing those cowboy songs brings a smile to me

RDR2 campfire with Abigail and Uncle!

RoryCooper2 haha yes

Ah yes red dead a really fun game

I heard this there, got disappointed it wasn't surly Joe, but then realized it was

And now all I can hear is "Surly Joe".

A cedilla on the C of Çurly Joe

Thermonuclear Bomb that’s ‘curly joe’!!

Marty was a great singer and a great person

Love you Marty you are the best singer I think I have ever heard

Nice song

Would listen to this when I was a kid and we would go camping in the motor home. Love all Marty's songs

I want to hear this music out on the ranch while smoking a J

Idk what’s sounds more peaceful than that

I blaze while cowboying, its goos for your horses, and its good for your cattle. Calm cowpunchers are good for everybody. Lol

Chaw is my favorite character

Marty was a great singer and a wo nderful person

He is a great animal

Seen this man when I was stationed in Hawaii in 1976 or 77 he sang for 3 hours and didn't even take a break best concert I've ever seen

Very envious of your experience, a time I feel you will never forget......

thanks for this he is the greatest singer ever nobody could beat him just love marty

thank you for all you post of my fav singer love him forever

Yeah, no problem!

You never require the words with this man, you can understand every word he sings.
Strange that, it'll never catch on.... I think they used to call it talent !

Zane Starr lol

I seen one of them rap stars sing the national anthem at a ball game it was terrible

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