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Rex Marksley
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Finest marksman in the west
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Rex Marksley
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When it came to gun slinging he was the best
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Rex Marksley at an younger age
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shot holes in cans without a missin'
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sadly they were in the pantry
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so beans painted the whole darn kitchen
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His parents then let him shoot
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the empty cans out on their fence
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but Rex trick shot out all the nails
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so out the fence all their cows went
His father cried!
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Rex Marksley
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Finest marksman in the west
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Rex Marksley
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When it came to gun slinging he was the best
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Rex Marksley was a tinkerer
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an engineer extraordinaire
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He made quick-reloading gadgets
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so he could fire non-stop with panache and flare
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He became a gun for hire
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and a hero whereever he roamed
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he disarmed forty bandits one time
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with two gunshots all on his own
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Rex Marksley
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Finest marksman in the west
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Rex Marksley
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When it came to gun slinging he was the best
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He had heart and a righteous stand
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and they tell of his stories across the land
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He jammed the guns that fired his way
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by shooting bullets into their barrels they say
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He shot lightning from his hands with a miraculous invention,
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and zapped that evil demon train back to it's own dimension
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That giant copper ore golem, oh it was a fright,
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till Rex projectiled pick axes with dynamite
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He fought the corrupt Rattlesnake King and it hissed in agony,
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then Rex taught all the jackalopes to yodel in harmony
Here we go now!
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Rex Marksley rode across the West bringing justice to the land
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He tamed enormous vultures, reined and flew them with one hand
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All the women blushed and fainted when Rex winked his eye
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and the bad guys always fell to their demise
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The man was a legend and hero through and through
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and Rex was a friend to the battered and the bruised
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He had seen a lot of wonderments in his glory days
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and he died an old man alone on the prairie they say
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Rex Marksley
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Finest marksman in the west
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Rex Marksley
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When it came to gun slinging he was best
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Yeehaw, yeehaw
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Yehaw!
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Bang bang!
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Yeehaw
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Bang bang