Robbins, Marty - The Strawberry Roan Lyrics

Played at my grandpa's funeral..still such a bittersweet song for me, but will never not love it.

This guy is the best. I'm not even a country or western fan but something about this is so different. Honest.

My Dad's favourite Marty Robbins song Ever and Me his Daughter loves it as well

I legit had no idea Marty Robbins was from the 50s or 60s, I thought it was a fictional artist in the Fallout universe, but this is amazing.Bethesda may be bad at games, but man they have a taste in music

No one could conceive of Robbins.

Obsidian not bethesda

"perhaps the worst fucker i've seen on the range"?

Dudes just picking berries, what could go wrong?

This is my fave

Can someone explain the story? I'm confused because he mentions the Strawberry roan, but then he says he carries a 44 and that he's an outlaw. So, is it a metaphor for a person, or are the 44 and the outlaw stuff metaphors for the roan?

44 brand on his left hip refers to the ranch he came from

The story is about the narrator trying to tame the strawberry roan. The 44 on the horse's hip is a brand to identify him and who he belongs to. The roan is described as an outlaw because of how unruly he is.

This album definitely has the theme but to me the songs are strongly metaphorical for various journeys and struggles in life. Universal , if you will. I absolutely love the way with words for this song.

Interesting. Now I am seeing the music from another angle. Thanks!

had a stud horse...he was one mean piece of horse flesh...he would even run the dog for no reason...turned him into a bucking horse...he won a few awards for best bucker...they retired him and put him out for stud...raised a few rank colts...he had the lines for meaness

Strawberry Roan was my Grandpa Joe's favorite song. We played it at his funeral. I miss him very much.

a query to the thumbs down patrol;
WHY did you come here?!

It is a fact that there are many people that absolutely have no appreciation of the voice of Marty and the great way he sang!

Finally got a horse with a strawberry roan coat in rdr2

I have only rode horse a few times. But the great thing about this song -aside from Marty Robins -is that by the time you are done with a listening, you are another expert on breaking a horse -all from your arm chair! :)


Such a beautiful piece of poetry!

I haven't heard 'fcker' used in other songs from this era ...

He says bucker. Not Fucker

Damn I miss music like this.

My beaten old copy of this LP is as much surface noise as music, but it's a really good record.

Just so y'all know, it ain't about a horse.

@960ute Homosexual cowboy relations, sir.

Zomboing well that’s gay

@960ute No shit

I dunno I'm pretty sure it's about a horse my guy

Love these songs!!
Dad used always sing these songs to us when we were kids

My favorite Marty Robbins song.
No shooting, no killing, no lost love or bandits.
Just a guy trying to ride a horse.

Look up Continental Suit by Marty Robbins.

Just literally trying to ride a horse. Always made me think of Chick Bowdrie’s horse from the Louis L’Amour books.

Antarctica - agreed

@TheSparkyWriter I love those stories.

Antarctica You’d like 160 acres, I think

I feel very cowboy

There are alot of songs that I like to listen to that are just nice and don't say much. But I've like learned shit from Marty Robbins music. Mostly just vocabulary, but any knowledge is good knowledge

“You figures me right” awesome!

I sorta grew up on a farm/ranch. Marty Robbins songs were my favorite country music. This song was one of the best on the "Pink Album", the one where Robbins is pictured derssed in black with a tied down rig on his hip. I would sing this song out loud, to myself of course, no one wanted to hear my kid voice back in the early 60's. Im not a big fan of country music but I loved this LP album by Marty Robbins. I bought it when I was 16 for 2 dollars and I still have the same one now at 74 years old. My wife had the album cover framed and the record framed too, a few years ago as a suprise for me. I loved his music, all of it, and this song was and still is a favorite. Marty Robbins RIP. Thank you

Stan, the pink background is funny to me, when as a small child this album was what was reinforcing a whole lot of what my parents were teaching me about masculinity. Nature and Marty Robins never told me that pink was a bad color just because your a man! :)

This guy's one of the greats, just like Johnny Cash. Love his music.

When the boomer is posting wholesome stuff in the comments that everyone enjoys.

Sir, you might enjoy a colter wall tune.

it really weird until you realize its a horse

Didn't you know what a roan is?

@JC Denton obviously not

​@will bongiorno Vocabulary++;

@JC Denton ok

Sarah Roan Jumping Colorado

always loved this song

Arthur heads to Strawberry to tame a horse.

Adam Warlock, Authur needs to work on my two roan looking Palominos. LOL. My little girls are only 1,000+ pounds each.

Fuck you micah

*Arthur murders the entire town and burns the bodies*

I wonder if the man riding the Roan is the cowboy in the continental suit? Maybe all of em are Little Joe The Wrangler

That's impossible. Given what happend to Joe.

The Strawberry Roan
Marty Robbins

I was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time
Out of a job, not earnin' a dime
A feller steps up and he said, "I suppose
You're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes"
"you figures me right, I'm a good one" I claim
"do you happen to have any bad ones to tame?"
Said "he's got one, a bad one to buck
At throwin' good riders, he's had lots of luck"
I gets all het up and I ask what he pays
To ride this old nag for a couple of days
He offered me ten; I said, "I'm your man
A bronc never lived that I couldn't span"
He said: "get your saddle, I'll give you a chance"
In his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch
I stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck
I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck
Down in the horse corral standin' alone
Is an old caballo, a strawberry roan
His legs are all spavined, he's got pigeon toes
Little pig eyes and a big roman nose
Little pin ears that touched at the tip
A big 44 brand was on his left hip
U-necked and old, with a long, lower jaw
I could see with one eye, he's a regular outlaw
I gets the blinds on 'im and it sure is a fright
Next comes the saddle and I screws it down tight
Then I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds
Get outta the way boys, he's gonna unwind
He sure is a frog-walker, he heaves a big sigh
He only lacks 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 spinnin' up there in the sky
I turns over twice and I comes back to earth
I lights in a 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 old strawberry
When he makes his high dive

Songwriters: Curley Fletcher / Fred Howard / Nathaniel H. Vincent
The Strawberry Roan lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Someone please explain what happens after he sees the outlaw

Im thinking he's referring to the horse he is payed to tame when he says "outlaw"

he breaks horses. he gets a job to tame the strawberry roan. the horse is the outlaw because hes never been tamed.

The horse is the outlaw. And gets nicked off

Vacuous!

Strawberry on red dead redemption 2

EAdventures Productions I’m sure the developers of the game thought it was a good idea to include some things from this great album.

This is incredibly similar to RAP music. Just slower. Cool.

Shelly O'Brien no it’s not

How? This song is not about fucking hoes and flexing your wealth

Bruh do you actively smoke crack

@Lummo Superstar What about eating it, as well? Can you eat that stuff? _just askin for a friend_

Marty sings this nice thanks for sharing,thumbs up,Keith

This version is good. My favorite is Chris LeDoux though

ah you must be tone deaf. Chirs LeDoxu is horrible

begone, satan

I love this song

0:30 to 0:34 What did he just say?

A bad one to Buck, lol.

"[He] Said he's got one, a bad one to buck"

he's about the worst bucker Iv'e seen on the range..

said he's one a bad one to buck for throwing good riders he's had lots of luck

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought he said fuck

I suppose you're a bronc fighter from the looks of your clothes.
LOL

Oh, thats where william s burroughs got the words, "strawberry roan"... in his western-sugestive books this is a reoccurring phrase

Roan, strawberry or otherwise, is NOT a breed of horse, it's a color. Even cattle come in roan colors.

Joza Texan thanks buddy

My husband's favorite roping horses were a red roan and a strawberry roan. Shilo and Cheyenne.

Tammy Thomas
A lot of today's roans carry Joe Hancock blood. They're great all around horses.

Srawberry roan is the color of the horces coat

Leave my brother song this was Papa's song but he died

No boo I like raps i hate it

Aaron Harp what’s wrong with your lack of culture

@47most SOON you people are amazing you cant see what is clear bait

Then stop spending your fucking time here. GO back and fuck your dad again

I lick Raps to bro. Yeeeay

Bait lol

Too many damn ads on your playlist!!

Just get adblock or that youtube premium thing

YAAAAAAAS

great / classic album

2:35 Is he saying what I think he's saying?

When this song was wrote, the f word was not in people's vocabulary like it is in our time.

Even if I never heard this song before “I’d bet all my money” Marty Robbins didn’t say fuck in a song.

@Jessi wyatt Lauppe I don't think that's true. I'm pretty sure Marty Robbins know exactly what he was saying, and how he said was completely intentional

I remember being a kid back in the 70's and clearly hearing it as what we think it is. I'm pretty sure that was intentional, because Marty Robbins was good enough that if he wanted 'Bucker' to heard as "Bucker", he would said B-ucker. He rushed the initial "B" sound, so we hear it as something else. BTW- it's a better song when you hear the way I did when I was younger

Bucker in a fuzzy mic