“Bad Brahma Bull (The Bull Rider Song)”
Description
A parody of "The Strawberry Roan," in which the boss hires the cowman to ride a "big Brahma bull" in a rodeo. The rest follows the original: The rider winds up being thrown, and "high-tail[s] it back to that old Flying U."
Notes
This is reportedly Curly Fletcher's parody of his own "Strawberry Roan." (Fletcher in fact wrote several such parodies; see also "The Castration of the Strawberry Roan.") Roud appears to lump the pieces. - RBW
References
- Fife-Cowboy/West 68, "The Strawberry Roan" (2 texts, 1 tune, the second text being this one)
- Logsdon 13, pp. 97-101, "The Flyin' U Twister" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, BADBRAHM*
- Roud #3239
- BI, FCW68B