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The Ballad Of Irving Lyrics By Frank Gallop

    he was short and fat and rode out of the west
    with a mogen david on his silver vest
    he was mean and nasty right clear through
    which was kinda weird ’cause he was yellow too

    they called him irving
    big irving
    big short irving
    big short fat irving
    the hundred and fortysecond fastest gun in the west

    he came from the old bar mitzvah spread
    with a 0gallon yarmulke on his head see below
    he always followed his mother’s wishes
    even on the range he used two sets of dishes

    irving
    big fat irving
    big sissy irving
    the hundred and fortysecond fastest gun in the west

    a hundred and fortyone could draw faster than he
    but irving was looking for one fortythree
    walked into sol’s saloon like a man insane
    and ordered three fingers of two cents plain

    irving
    big fat irving
    big sport irving
    the hundred and fortysecond fastest gun in the west

    the following lines were edited out of the original release and are only in
    the version available on dr demento’s 0th anniversary collection

    one day bad max happened into town
    his aim was to shoot fat irving down
    bad max said draw and draw right now
    and irving drew drew a picture of a cow

    irving
    big fat irving
    big gunfighter irving
    the hundred and fortysecond fastest gun in the west

    the james boys was comin’ on a train at first sun
    and the town said irving we need your gun
    when that train pulled in at the break of dawn
    irving’s gun was there but irving was gone

    irving
    big fat irving
    big help irving
    the hundred and fortysecond fastest gun in the west

    well finally irving got three slugs in the belly
    it was right outside the frontier deli
    he was sittin’ there twirlin’ his gun around
    and butterfingers irving gunned himself down

    irving
    big fat irving
    big dumdum irving
    big dumdum dead irving
    the hundred and fortysecond fastest gun in the west
    really

    Artist: Frank Gallop

    Year: 1966

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 207