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Big Iron

Marty Robbins

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Album
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Released
1959
Genres
classic country, outlaw country
Length
3:56
Tempo
116 BPM
Label
Columbia/Legacy

About this song

Marty Robbins wrote the song in 1959, and it was inspired by a one-off custom gun he saw in a Hollywood gun shop. The pistol was a copy of the Colt Single Action Army, with parts including a backstrap from a Colt 1860 Army and a barrel made from a sawed-down Marlin rifle. In the 21st century the song regained popularity after it was used in the 2010 role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas.

What it's about

The song is a country ballad about an unnamed Arizona Ranger who fights a deadly duel with the outlaw Texas Red. The duel itself is likely fictional.

Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.

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