Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
**This song features on Live Sessions, Vol. 07 coming August 21st! CDs available to pre-order on our website petersenband.com/product/live-sessions-volume-07-cd**
We had the amazing opportunity to film this video next to the bison at Dogwood Canyon! They had never been around music before and were very curious about what was happening haha instagram.com/p/DXPgvaFEeSO
The super rare white bison you see is named Takoda. You can read more about him here: dogwoodcanyon.org/welcome-white-bison
►Live chat: Were we nervous about the bison? youtube.com/live/DgZdzsv5m9s?si=lLRX4Gl8mtOnXfTM&t=374
►More ballads
Red Headed Stranger youtu.be/eT5NlmgDJqs
The Ballad of John and Becky (Original) youtu.be/ZfecNKVF1iE
Smoky Mountain Rain youtu.be/lhDGzPBZ77E
Amarillo by Morning youtu.be/bb_Amx13hLI
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►This video:
Lead vocals and dobro: Emmett Franz
Harmony vocals and fiddle: @katiepetersen
Harmony vocals and mandolin: @JuliannePetersen
Harmony vocals and banjo: @EllenHaygood
Guitar: @mattpetersen4000
Bass: Karen Petersen
Sneak appearance: CK 2:15
Front row seat: Takoda 🦬
Turn on captions (CC) to see the lyrics on screen.
Special thanks to @randyfranz for helping us with audio and Connor Kelly (CK) for the videography.
Microphones by Ear Trumpet Labs eartrumpetlabs.com
Fun fact: Randy used to be a tour guide at Dogwood Canyon! instagram.com/p/BhcVH-1g7W0
►LYRICS - Big Iron
To the town of Agua Fria
Rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him
Didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business
No one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them
Had a big iron* on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Well, it was early in the morning
When he rode into the town
He came ridin' from the south side
Slowly lookin' all around
"He's an outlaw loose and runnin"
Came the whisper from each lip
"And he's here to do some business
With the big iron on his hip"
The big iron on his hip
In this town there lived an outlaw
By the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him
And that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer
Though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol
Numbered one and nineteen more
One and nineteen more
Soon the stranger started talking
Made it plain to folks around
Was an Arizona ranger
Wouldn't be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw back
Alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter
He was after Texas Red
After Texas Red
Wasn't long before the story
Was relayed to Texas Red
But the outlaw didn't worry
Men that tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take him
Twenty men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger
With the big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip
Well, the morning passed so quickly
It was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven
When they walked out in the street
Folks were watching from the windows
Everybody held their breath
Well, they knew this handsome ranger
Was about to meet his death
About to meet his death
There was forty feet between them
When they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the ranger
Is still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather
Fore a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly
With the big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip
Well, it was over in a moment
And the folks had gathered round
There before them lay the body
Of the outlaw on the ground
Oh, he might have went on living
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger
With the big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip
Big iron, big iron
Oh, he tried to match the ranger
With the big iron on his hip
*Slang for a Wild West revolver often worn by lawmen rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/what-is-the-gun-in-big-iron
►The Petersens:
We celebrate American roots music with family values, and perform full time in Branson, Missouri in the USA. The band consists of four siblings, Katie, Ellen, Matt, and Julianne, our mom Karen, and good friend Emmett Franz. Learn more about our family on our website petersenband.com/about-the-petersens
Subscriber count: 942,024
#ThePetersens #BigIron #MartyRobbins #Folk
#GunfighterBalladsAndTrailSongs #GunfighterBallad
#WesternBallad #CowboyBallad
#MichaelMartinMurphey #JohnnyCash #GarthBrooks
#Fallout #NewVegas #FalloutNewVegas
#DogwoodCanyonMO
This song features on: Live Sessions, Vol. 07
**This song features on Live Sessions, Vol. 07 coming August 21st! CDs available to pre-order on our website petersenband.com/product/live-sessions-volume-07-cd**
We had the amazing opportunity to film this video next to the bison at Dogwood Canyon! They had never been around music before and were very curious about what was happening haha instagram.com/p/DXPgvaFEeSO
The super rare white bison you see is named Takoda. You can read more about him here: dogwoodcanyon.org/welcome-white-bison
►Live chat: Were we nervous about the bison? youtube.com/live/DgZdzsv5m9s?si=lLRX4Gl8mtOnXfTM&t=374
►More ballads
Red Headed Stranger youtu.be/eT5NlmgDJqs
The Ballad of John and Becky (Original) youtu.be/ZfecNKVF1iE
Smoky Mountain Rain youtu.be/lhDGzPBZ77E
Amarillo by Morning youtu.be/bb_Amx13hLI
-----------------------
►Useful links:
Join our Patreon community patreon.com/thepetersens
Subscribe to our channel youtube.com/c/thepetersens?sub_confirmation=1
Sign up to our email to hear about future tours eepurl.com/dxRRaX
Upcoming shows, CDs and merch petersenband.com
►Social media:
Instagram instagram.com/thepetersens
Facebook facebook.com/petersenband
TikTok tiktok.com/@petersenband
Twitter https://x.com/thepetersens
Go behind the scenes with @PetersenVlogs
►This video:
Lead vocals and dobro: Emmett Franz
Harmony vocals and fiddle: @katiepetersen
Harmony vocals and mandolin: @JuliannePetersen
Harmony vocals and banjo: @EllenHaygood
Guitar: @mattpetersen4000
Bass: Karen Petersen
Sneak appearance: CK 2:15
Front row seat: Takoda 🦬
Turn on captions (CC) to see the lyrics on screen.
Special thanks to @randyfranz for helping us with audio and Connor Kelly (CK) for the videography.
Microphones by Ear Trumpet Labs eartrumpetlabs.com
Fun fact: Randy used to be a tour guide at Dogwood Canyon! instagram.com/p/BhcVH-1g7W0
►LYRICS - Big Iron
To the town of Agua Fria
Rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him
Didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business
No one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them
Had a big iron* on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Well, it was early in the morning
When he rode into the town
He came ridin' from the south side
Slowly lookin' all around
"He's an outlaw loose and runnin"
Came the whisper from each lip
"And he's here to do some business
With the big iron on his hip"
The big iron on his hip
In this town there lived an outlaw
By the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him
And that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer
Though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol
Numbered one and nineteen more
One and nineteen more
Soon the stranger started talking
Made it plain to folks around
Was an Arizona ranger
Wouldn't be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw back
Alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter
He was after Texas Red
After Texas Red
Wasn't long before the story
Was relayed to Texas Red
But the outlaw didn't worry
Men that tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take him
Twenty men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger
With the big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip
Well, the morning passed so quickly
It was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven
When they walked out in the street
Folks were watching from the windows
Everybody held their breath
Well, they knew this handsome ranger
Was about to meet his death
About to meet his death
There was forty feet between them
When they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the ranger
Is still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather
Fore a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly
With the big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip
Well, it was over in a moment
And the folks had gathered round
There before them lay the body
Of the outlaw on the ground
Oh, he might have went on living
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger
With the big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip
Big iron, big iron
Oh, he tried to match the ranger
With the big iron on his hip
*Slang for a Wild West revolver often worn by lawmen rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/what-is-the-gun-in-big-iron
►The Petersens:
We celebrate American roots music with family values, and perform full time in Branson, Missouri in the USA. The band consists of four siblings, Katie, Ellen, Matt, and Julianne, our mom Karen, and good friend Emmett Franz. Learn more about our family on our website petersenband.com/about-the-petersens
Subscriber count: 942,024
#ThePetersens #BigIron #MartyRobbins #Folk
#GunfighterBalladsAndTrailSongs #GunfighterBallad
#WesternBallad #CowboyBallad
#MichaelMartinMurphey #JohnnyCash #GarthBrooks
#Fallout #NewVegas #FalloutNewVegas
#DogwoodCanyonMO
This song features on: Live Sessions, Vol. 07
