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