Old Badger was an outlaw that no man could ever ride So tough the devils pitch fork couldn't penetrate his hide To beat him was the dream of every cowboy in the land But try they might as sure is right they'll wind up in the sand A brag came up from Texas by the name of Too Oaks Tall Was out to get old Badger cause old Too Oaks rode 'em all He said he'd tie a granny knot in Badger's twisting tail So thousands came to stake his claim or to see how bad he'd fail A mighty crowd had gathered with old Badger in the cute The stirrups felt the boating weight of Too Oaks heavy boots Then the cute swang open and the crowd began to roar Cause shirt tail feet upon the seat like waves upon a shore They circled that area Badger pawing out his hate
But Tall stuck in the saddle like his tail was made of paste Badger then exploded as his hooves beat on the air But Tall did stay like children's play in grandmas rockin' chair The outlaw's eyes were blazin' and old Talls face was turnin' red They take off to the right but wind up goin' left instead They busted through the fence and crashed the stillness of the night They filled the air with dust and hair and vanished out of sight Some say they died of thirst and time turned them into stone Others say they withered and buzzards picked their bones But somewhere on that prairie is a scene we all ain't saw Did Tall get throwed or Badger rode or was it called a draw