# Song lyrics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics/563865>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics/563865 "2010-12-12T06:26:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![richard68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@richard68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richard68)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics/563865/1 "2010-12-12T06:26:20Z")

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Looking for the lyrics and the name of the song from the 50’s or 60’s about a Jewish cowboy who kept 2 sets of dishes out on the range.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics/563865/2 "2010-12-12T06:44:58Z")

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Moving to Cafe Society from GQ.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics/563865/3 "2010-12-12T06:55:02Z")

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The name of the song is “The Ballad of Irving–the 142nd Fastest Gun in the West” by Frank Gallop.

[Here are the lyrics.](http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1308337/Dr.-Dimento-The-Ballad-of-Irving-the-142nd-fastest-Lyrics)