Marty Robbins - Prairie Fire Lyrics

I wanna be aaaa coweboyyy babyyyyy

I am from Utah

MY GRANDPA... I RMEMEMBER SOMETHING
He either sang it or.
It wad in a western



UTAH

it is awsom

Marty is the best. All time great.

Thank you for uploading so many gems like this. Your channel/collection is amazing. Thank you for sharing all of this awesome stuff.

I always think of Marty robbin's songs as my father and I herd cattle

thank god for new vegas, or i wouldve never heard any of his music

This song is old and I like it

Cowboy song make me happy when iam sad

Cowboy song never grow old

Love Marty , listened to 15 of his songs in a row. One thing in common or should I say ,a variation on a theme
“Ghost riders in the sky” !!!

One more classic that is way TOO SHORT...you're just getting into it, then it's over.

No one will ever touch this guys music. No one.

Just awesome... I've been a fan of Marty's gunfighter and trail ballads for several years now since I first heard "El Paso" and its beautiful guitar work, and this has to be the pinnacle for me. I listen to this practically every time I'm on here, which is almost daily!
Wish I could find the lyrics, the right lyrics. A google search only turned up dozens of sites who've all posted the wrong lyrics. I'm sure they all stole them from each other.

I posted the correct lyrics above. Scroll up about a half-dozen comments. It's in a reply to Bailey Naylor's request for lyrics

fantastic marty just love him the greatest singer ever thank you for this

Marty's voice is like opium

c c except his voice is GOOD for you.

Smooth and addictive

Pretty good picking, too.

Cool 😎

Should be a music video for this. Like a bunch of cowboys quickly moving the herd along as the fire rages closer in the background.

I love Marty Robbins because each of his songs tell a story. This is such a great song and story

the bass line matches the galloping of horses and that's all i picture when listening to this song

I love your song

Harcore algore hardcore algore hardcore algore

Mike Nielson. Al gore is calling

He wants you, Michael.

harcore algore yes

Our ritual begins at dawn

Beautiful

Sheep marrow i miss him

Marty Robbins is the only person I like to hear ballads from! His voice is amazing and I can actually picture what hes singing about so easily!

If u have a anime PFP ur opinion doesn't count

Hello childhood, why did you have to left so soon

yet another great song from marty the greatest singer ever

While drivin' a herd of cattle out in old Nebraska way
Headin' east at Broken Bow one hot September day
Tryin' to get to Omaha we hoped to find a buyer
We never counted in the odds of a western prairie fire

A hot south wind was blowin' and the air was gettin' dry
Somethin' far away was spellin' trouble in the sky
Comin' closer was a sound that topped the devil's choir
Then we knew we had to race a raging prairie fire

When all at once a flame is seen a lickin' at the sky
And every heart is quicker and there's fear in every eye
We'd just one chance to get away for there's no place to hide
Gotta reach the river Platte one inch deep and one mile wide

The herd is gettin' tired but we've got no time to rest
I try to clear the red dust that is gatherin' in my chest
From ridin' tail on a thousand head with the weather gettin' dry
The black cloud in the west is warning ride ride ride

The roarin' heat is closer ashes fallin' by our side
And every breeze is burnin' singin' with its warnin' cry
We've got to reach the river but it's still ten miles or more
And close behind us we can hear that wind infernal roar

But fate had other plans for we lost that fatal race
We lost for neither man nor beast could long keep up the pace
The mighty Platte subdued its rage but none were there to rest
We did our best to get away but only I am left

Now on the blackened prairie far as the eye can see
The grim remains are there to show that God rules you and me
Just one he left to tell the tale just one was his desire
We lost our herd and thirty men to a raging prairie fire

CroatianExTc this dude got bars

Good job with the lyrics! But just a couple of corrections, if I may. In the 5th verse, second line, it should read: "...and every beast and bird is fleeing with its warnin' cry..." And in the 3rd verse, the line is "...every heart is quickened..." In other words, their hearts are brought to life -- beating faster -- as the danger of the Cowboys' situation becomes clear

Every song is a story. Amazing!

Such a beautiful song! One of the most talented country singers ever

This is REAL western music. Modern western music sounds soooooooo styrio typical.

Awesome

Fallout NV and the love of western movies got me into Marty. No regrets.

the old west this kinda brings me back through time to the 1800s

Uston, we have a problem. WE'VE FINALLY FOUND SOME GOOD MUSIC!!!

Hot diggity dawg!

Lyrics pleaseeee really love this song n just wanna sing a long 😍

"Prairie Fire"

While drivin' a herd of cattle out in old Nebraska way
Headin' east at Broken Bow on a hot September day
Tryin' to get to Omaha we hoped to find a buyer
We never counted in the odds of a western prairie fire

A hot south wind was blowin' and the air was gettin' dry
Somethin' far away was spellin' trouble in the sky
Comin' closer was a sound that topped the devil's choir
Then we knew we'd have to race a raging prairie fire

When all at once a flame is seen a lickin' at the sky
And every heart is quickened and there's fear in every eye
We'd just one chance to get away for there's no place to hide
Gotta reach the river Platte one inch deep and one mile wide

The herd is gettin' tired but we've got no time to rest
I try to clear the red dust that is gatherin' in my chest
From ridin' tail on a thousand head with the weather gettin' dry
The black cloud in the west is warning ride ride ride

The roarin' heat is closer ashes fallin' by our side
And every beast and bird is fleein' with its warnin' cry
We've got to reach the river but it's still ten miles or more
And close behind us we can hear that wild infernal roar

But fate had other plans for we lost that fatal race
We lost for neither man nor beast could long keep up the pace
The mighty Platte subdued its rage but none were there to rest
We did our best to get away but only I am left

Now on the blackened prairie far as the eye can see
The grim remains are there to show that God rules you and me
Just one He left to tell the tale just one was His desire
We lost our herd and thirty men to a raging prairie fire

Hell yeah great song.

Anyone besides me live in Nebraska?

Never lived there, but passed through a time or two. It's a very beautiful place.

Broken bow here! Lol first time I’ve ever heard this song

this song make me remember my childhood

There's a big difference twixt Western, and "Country" music and performers such as Robbins and Sons of the Pioneers and The Terry Family and Dave Stamey, etc, exemplify that difference!

& cowboy music might be consider a different set still- try listening to Chris Ledoux if you have not already.. I really Like Marty Robbins- both music & voice, but I think I like Chris Ledoux even more & he is the real deal- lived it, wrote it & sang it with a really good voice also

I have a bunch of his albums- to my knowledge he was not an actual working cowboy or rodeo cowboy- he was raised in suburbs of Phoenix, a good part Paiute,  went into USN @ 17 during WWII, later was a race car driver (NASCAR, etc). I think he had a great voice, did excellent songs.  Just saying Chris not only sang it- he lived it. Not taking anything away from Marty
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Actually, Martin worked on (I think it was his uncle's) a horse ranch as a teen, in the mountains near his home in Glendale....other family members also were cowboys...many of these were named in one of the western songs that he wrote. He was a cowboy, boxer (in the navy), brick layer, midget race car driver, NASCAR driver (his second love), but most of all, the most talented and versatile singer to ever set foot on s stage. As wonderful on stage as he was, one of his sisters (Lillie Nevitt) told me that as a very young boy and very shy, they would have him sing in church but he always had to 'hide' behind a curtain when he'd sing. There will never be another singer to compare or equal his talent, or match that beautiful, God given voice!!!!

Helen Shields you are correct Ma'am. My great grandmother was actually friends with him in Glendale and lived close to his Ranch. Apparently they were good friends as teenagers and that's all there was to it. He obviously ended up moving later and they lost touch. But he did indeed work on a ranch in Glendale.

yes the fires are going right
this minute idaho.
hope colarado' dsnt reach the border. . we hv a lot of . overgrown trees / Brush. .
anyone letting off illegal.
Fire Works' are going
TO JAIL' ALSO BIGG FINE.
ALONG WITH IT.! .

i love cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cowboys , they're from Texas?

What is your question?

J.S.S Montana and Wyoming

the weak ones come from anywhere BUT texas

TomoyaMemez false

South west. Mainly tornado ally

Marty you are the greatest singer born!!😃

Charles King I believe that gravy, juses and Marty Robbins was made by God himself

Sadly he aint livin' anymore.

He can't hear you. He passed away.

the photo the cowboy feed a apple to his horse is my wifes grandpa's brother uncle sheep. it was taken on the Wagner ranch. my wifes grandpa was the frist one to ride hollywood gold.. just thought i would comment to say that have a blessed day

Doesn't look like  a photo, more like a painting

t.w thomas Sorry m8, thats A painting

once i heard big iron i was hooked, every song is a little masterpiece of a story :-)

So true mate the first once i heard was five brothers i looked at every other song and just almost all of them

@EAdventures Productions Five Brothers is so sad, but such a good story! The first Marty Robbins song I heard was Big Iron and El Paso.

Sadly i can only listen to bog Iron every so often thanks to Fallout NV overuse of it

Roland Deschain Please capitalize “i” I hate when people do this

I really love the western & cowboy paintings that were used for the artwork displayed during the song and I really wish I could find some of those paintings.

Could probably just screenshot them here and print them out later

Ahh yeah thanks so very much for putting this song up. Marty Robbins is my favorite classic country musician and Prairie Fire is my favorite Marty Robbins song. This is just such an amazing song and it really gives you a sense of what a prairie fire is like. Marty was from my home state & current state of residence, Arizona and he was from Mesa back in the 20's when all the cities that make up the megalopolis we call Phoenix today like Mesa, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Peoria, & Phoenix were still separate individual farming communities that were still many miles apart. I'm proud that he was born & raised here and that is undoubtedly why he knew so much about cowboy life and life in the West. He has such a beautiful baritone tenor voice and made such awesomely amazing music! I love Marty Robbins music!

Marty ROBBINS,,IS AND WILL ALLWAYS BE THE GREATEST COUNTRY & WESTERN PERFORMER,COMPOSER,ARRANGER,WRITER OF ALL TIME...I SAY THIS WIRHOUT APOLOGY..

always*

nice yes he will

i love Jesus

Good for you

Well thats kinda random

@Psychor hahaha

Cthulhu is better

Nice song,thanks for sharing

your  welcome

YEEE-HAWWW!!! Grady Martin is just RRRIPPING IT UP!!!

Ride,cowboy,ride.....

It’s Marty Robbins

Take the music out and this is the perfect example of the short hard-hitting short story. Everything you need to know is 2 1/2 minutes. Genius.

I know, right? That, and the way of singing the first part of the song... reminds me to ''A tall, handsome stranger''. Anyone else agrees?

I'm an idahoan, born and raised, and I've seen wildfires and what they can do, sometimes the smoke gets so thick you can't breathe without coughing, despite the fact that the fire is 50 miles away.

Hello from a fellow Idahoan Christian

Imagine being one of the poor fucks actually stuck in thick of it

awsome!

thank u MARTY
UR MISSED

There will never be another Marty, "GOD" bless you Guy................RIP.

First Time here, but may have heard as a kid ...Timely for today in Texas and the World..Can we reach The River of Life?

fantastic if you like marty check out travis logan and he is from the uk

I love the picture ar 1:05. Any idea what the title is?

Nebraska was famous for its wild fires

Jacob Lloyd I live in Nebraska

wounder if back in the day this rlly is true

True to this day

Marty was great at capturing that essence of the fury that nature could contain.

This great storyteller and musician died 28 years ago this day. I hope to see him in "that range up in the sky" (Utah Carol by Marty Robbins) one day. Thanks for the upload.
R.I.P. Marty Robbins
12/8/10

This is a rare song of Marty Robbins and one of my favorites

Absolut en bra story!

Great Video.
And who else can sing that so "Amazing"
Marty Robbins.♥♥

a great voice wat a singer y dont we hear more from him

marty is missed. there will never be a singer like him. thanks tarquin,

Merci beaucoup mon ami.

So good! A favorite!

The Late great King of Cowboy Ballads, Marty Robbins, once again uses his fantastic vocal range to touch your
heart and soul; the Master does it again!

5*****S

The greatest county and western singer