Five Brothers Lyrics - No. 1 Cowboy - Marty Robbins

Five brothers who left Arkansas 

Set out to find the gambler 

Who murdered their pa 

Five brothers and three in their teens 

Gotta find the man 

Who killed their pa in New Orleans 

They heard of him in Houston 

And his trail was leadin' west 

He'd left there many months ago 

And so they couldn't rest 

Five brothers and three in their teens 

Gotta find the man 

Who killed their pa in New Orleans 

New Orleans 

The sun was hot as fire 

And the nights were cold as steel 

Hate was strong and youth was wild 

And so they couldn't feel 

Five brothers and three in their teens 

Gotta find the man 

Who killed their pa in New Orleans 

His trail led to the Badlands 

And the desert promised death 

The gambler's odds were different now 

He treasured every breath 

Five brothers and three in their teens 

Close behind the man 

Who killed their pa in New Orleans 

New Orleans 

When first they saw the killer 

He was by the waterhole 

Five rifles rang out through the night 

They killed the gambler cold 

Five brothers and three in their teens 

Finally got the man 

Who killed their pa in New Orleans 

The desert is their keeper now 

For this a traveler said 

That poison lived within the hole 

Now six of them are dead 

Five brothers and three in their teens 

Lay beside the man 

Who killed their pa in New Orleans 

Lay beside the man 

Who killed their pa in New Orleans