As a young teenager I knew and sang every song Marty Robbins recorded. He was, and still is my hero. In 1965, at the age of 15, I was blessed to sit on the piano stool with the great Marty Robbins. He was doing a show in Newton, Ms. at an old school house. He asked me to sing. Nervous and scared I asked him to play "Don't Worry 'bout me." I did my best to imitate him as he so graciously laughed with joy. They say impersonation is the pinnacle of complement and I tried hard. Marty Robbins has no equal. I plan on singing with him again one day. I am now a retired law enforcement officer. Love this song.

@GaryJayHoffman

3 ай бұрын

That's awesome. I would have been 5 yrs old then.. my mom n I wore out the Gunfighter ballads album ❤

I'm 77 years old and have been a Marty Robbins fan since I was a teenager but this is the first time I ever heard this song. A pure Marty Robbins classic.

This has to be one of the most legendary songs I’ve ever heard. How Marty’s name isn’t a household one is a total mystery.

@michaelmarks8954

Жыл бұрын

His name IS a household name here. Had the pleasure of seeing him in San Diego in the late 70’s the BEST show I had ever seen just Marty a piano and no screaming and yelling.🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸

I am here today to listen to this song in memory of another Law Man who has gone to his maker! We buried him today with full honors as it should be. He served 8 years with Special Forces and then carried a badge for another 23 years, a Federal Agent that will always be remembered. Dave and I were partners for many years. God Bless Him and Welcome Him Home!

@carolwade3094

6 жыл бұрын

JOHN TAYLOR: I'm very sorry about your partner. I hope to meet both of you in heaven. God have mercy on Dave's soul.

@Dylan-eb2xn

4 жыл бұрын

God bless you and Your partner you are true American heroes!

@franklinhall5011

2 жыл бұрын

Crew

@laurencelance586

2 жыл бұрын

God Bless you, and God Bless Dave. We are free because good men are willing to do violence on behalf of what is right. A man who isn't capable of doing violence in the cause of right isn't "peaceful". He's just harmless. He's also useless.

@lan_daddyttv4710

2 жыл бұрын

God bless.

There's a whole western movie in the lyrics of each one of Marty's songs

@AHgaming8474

4 жыл бұрын

KatP71 what is it called?

@thisismyname9569

4 жыл бұрын

Specifically High Noon in this one.

@paulstroope6738

4 жыл бұрын

Those words are so true

@xxjab105xx3

4 жыл бұрын

Or a good scene that you'd see in rdr2 online

@thomasbullins2008

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like a movie of "Little Joe the Wrangler" --- But of course ; "The Cowboys" kinda fits -- lol

23 years I wore a badge in Texas, My son has been wearing a badge in Texas for over eight years and my grandson is already talking about when he gets old to carry a badge

@michaelprice8953

4 жыл бұрын

36 years for me in Texas as a Texas Highway Patrolman and Sheriff

@828enigma6

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your family's service. A badge is a heavy burden these days. I'd still wear mine with pride and honor if I wasn't so damn old

@royarchibald6392

4 жыл бұрын

26 years in Memphis, Tn.

@user-du4ij2gg7w

3 жыл бұрын

roy archiba

@delorisames6763

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to all who Wear it with Pride!

Wore my badge with pride in Texas for 37 years (P.D.). My uncle wore one in Texas in the '50s (S.O). My sister-in-law wore one here (S.O.) and now my nephew wears one (Texas Ranger). Marty's song pretty much sums up what it takes to gear up everyday and head out...pride.

@jj-zy6gc

Жыл бұрын

Blessed are the peace makers. Treat people like a million bucks…. But have a plan to kill then

@steveyoungporvida

Жыл бұрын

Love to your family! As a Northern Californian and Police Officer… we disagree with these policies and Administration In California . I pray your family stays safe!

@terriecotham1567

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for you service

@agloverful

8 күн бұрын

32 years in this game nothing would be more rewarding to me than if one of would earn a Ranger's Star some day.

storyteller without equal

@sharonsmith9652

6 жыл бұрын

Amen So Very True

@mrbobevans

4 жыл бұрын

Dylan and Simon are pretty damn good, but Marty is my favorite.

@bigwille11

4 жыл бұрын

Love Marty a great cowboy singer we used to sing some songs when I was a child 👩🌺

Saddest line is at the end "to them I'm just a killer and they could not care less bout my pride or bout the badge I wear upon my chest" still holds far to true.

@comettamer

4 жыл бұрын

Which is itself a mystery. Youd think a town that was single handedly saved from violent outlaws by their deputy would be somewhat more appreciative.

@thomasbullins2008

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of people in the Old West saw law officers as hired killers -- just above bounty hunters

@renegordon346

4 жыл бұрын

i feel you bro what they of him

@grassshadow1

3 жыл бұрын

@@comettamer This also still holds true

@AtreVire

3 жыл бұрын

Especially now. Imagine beating a man to death because he's out to protect the people

No one, but no one will ever equal him.

A movie for your mind, truly beautiful

I am now 72. I was raised in New Jersey. I listened to Marty every day when in High School. He is one of the best singers and song writers of all times!

@egg494

4 жыл бұрын

@Big D I am today's youth, 15 years old and listening to Marty!

70 years old and he still brings tears to my eyes

@janetwilliams6162

7 жыл бұрын

Bobby Chism me too

@williamjones2340

3 жыл бұрын

68 years stil show emotion. I do on most of his songs.

@novus1589

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamjones2340 15 years old, and just ran into Marty.

@egg494

3 жыл бұрын

@@novus1589 I'm 15 and I first heard him in Fallout New Vegas to be honest. Definitely one of my favorite singers and I listen to very few modern bands/singers, the only ones being Colter Wall and The Dead South, both from Canada 🇨🇦

@egg494

3 жыл бұрын

@@novus1589 I also love Johnny Cash

I grew up with gunfighters ballad and the trail songs and now at age 54 i still enjoy Marty Robbins songs as if i am hearing them for the first time.

@matthewryan7209

8 жыл бұрын

I discovered him at 18 and I've been listening to him since and I'm 21 now. best singer storyteller I've ever heard.

@abrown3286

6 жыл бұрын

Devon Abrahams I found him by chance when I was about 17 haha many years ago. I had the pleasure of seeing him at Wembley his last show in the UK.

@dr.chickenfingers5696

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewryan7209 you're 25 now

the greatest part of this song and others like it is you can picture the words that are sung. really love this song.

@the_arizona_ranger0213

5 жыл бұрын

I loved that! I love that he has a small collection of songs about the same story. Next time, Listen to El Paso, and then Faleena(From El Paso). It tells the story from the perspective of "Him" and then his love. It's amazing how into detail he was so long ago.

@Romaboo117AD

5 жыл бұрын

Outlaw Bear: don’t forget El Paso city, it’s about the cowboy from El Paso being reincarnated in modern day

@taterslut3780

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Marty Robbins was and still is the greatest country & western singer/songwriter that ever lived

@briartlaw

8 жыл бұрын

+Janet Gayle One of the best for sure ..

@tarquin45

8 жыл бұрын

Without doubt Janet. The greatest ever blessed with a beautiful voice with a great range filled with a soulful sincerity.

@marthajensen8827

8 жыл бұрын

+Janet Gayle i agree love him

@cedricnathan9618

7 жыл бұрын

Janet Gayle Marty Rbbins 'songs never get old

@beernskittlez1558

6 жыл бұрын

Janet Gayle YES BUT YA GOTA PUT JOHNNY IN AS WELL YO XXXXX SUNDAYS E DA BEST ..MY TIME W MY DADDY

Hearing this takes me back to the day Marty Robbins died. A promotion list came out that day, so there was a party that night. That was the day Ed Barstow made Sergeant on the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.

@janetwilliams6162

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Keele I cried like a 5 yo the day when the newscaster announced " C/W great Martin David Robinson, aka Marty Robbins has died". I lived in Jamaica then.

@mikekeele1533

7 жыл бұрын

The day he died, we were preparing for a promotion party. My buddy Ed, had just made sergeant and the party was for him. That night, Wink Martingale was scheduled the do a memorial special of Robbins' life. That send-off tribute was so special to us that we ducked out of the party for an hour to listen in. I saw Marty perform live twice. Once, in 1962, when there was a huge Country show at the Hollywood Bowl. The next time was ten years later, when he was appearing at the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas. I think that show cost $7.00 to see in their main ballroom.

Saw Marty at the Long beach arena back in 1978 what Entertainer he was, my wife had not seen him before in person only on TV, she was hooked on him, Marty you are missed there will never be another like you.

Marty Robbins had a talent that we will never see or hear again, in these modern times.

@theeddorian

Жыл бұрын

You want to listen to some of Dave Stamey's ballads. He doesn't sing about gunfighters, but his cowboys are true to life. Start with The Vaquero Song. Marty Robbins was a great talent and there are others, but the tank isn't empty yet.

All Marty Robbins songs are great but this one is iconic

@walliegirl2

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Pride and the Badge is very special.

It is really sad that the last verse of the song sums up the feels that many of the public feel for our brave men and women that wear the badge today, they put their lives on the line every day to protect those who despise them, with very little thanks or appreciation

@jaxongillespie8081

Жыл бұрын

Cops suck it’s not heroic anymore it’s about arresting citizens

@BikingVikingHH

11 ай бұрын

A cops job is not to protect the public, it’s to enforce state authority. While that may have been a noble cause in the past, it no longer is as we live in an illegitimate state. Cops today serve their pension and narcissism, with maybe 10% being honest lawmen.

When the US of A was the land of morals and courage.

The simple pleasure of listening to a master of his craft painting a story with words in a way that you can understand...Where is such talent today...?.

@patriciajensen1541

6 жыл бұрын

Zane Starr i did look at him face to face few years ago he looked right at me through th glazs window less than aft away but security were in the way .show in boise idaho1970 80 s th best singer i did sit on bus wit goerge straight. Nobody else around i closed up th theatre. i looked out th scene shop theatre went to his bus 2 people got off nobody else around Nobody! th security sd No more put arm across cut me off . goerge was sitting on his seat bus. watching this .. he SAID... YOU ! LET HER ON MY BUS ..SHE CAN COME ON MY BUS.. .RoBOT COP . SD.. YES SIR'' BACKED UP WALKED AWAY LIKE EMBARRESSD FOOL' I COVERD THAT SHOW IN UNIFORM LOCKED THEATRE UP . WORKED MORRISON CENTRE BOISE IDAHO . 8 YEARS. ANYWAY GOERGE WAS VERY NICE PERSON . NICE MANNERED WE TALKED FOR AWHILE... ABT ' LOT OF THINGS THN NXT TIME ITALKED TO TAYLOR SWIFT. SHE GV GOERGE MSSGE. HE WS ALREADYON STAGE . SHE IS A REALLY NICE PERSON . . LATE 80 S BOISE IDAHO. HD TO TURN GOERGE BOYS AWAY WITH THR BEER ALL LOADED UP TO GO IN THE THEATRE GREEN ROOM . I FELT BAD . STUPID RULES THY ARE TH ONES BRINGING IN THE MONEY IN THEATRE POCKETS NXT TIME I LL LET THEM RIGHT INTHR. Trish'uk.

@mrbobevans

6 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of talent out there. Unfortunately, what is played on the radio is crap. I am a big fan of Andrew Combs and Lindi Ortega.

@MidlandTexan

5 жыл бұрын

There is very little these past two decades...

@nicktate8218

4 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer

Such a sad song. But I still love it. No one sings better than Mr. Marty Robbins

@BikingVikingHH

5 жыл бұрын

Carole Shaffer it’s not sad at all. Those that gave their life “for nothing” against bad men and worse odds gave their life so that others, inspired by those that died for justice, carry on. Those that gave everything built western civilization. Give thanks and live with honor. ᛟ

all of that from memory. there was no teleprompter. He was amazing. Nobody will ever come close to his singing.

I was lucky enough to count this dear Man among my friends for the last 10 years of his life. I love and miss him and there will never be another Marty Robbins. What a talent!

@Clandsom

3 жыл бұрын

How did you get to know him?

@chrishartwig5230

3 жыл бұрын

Met him a year before he died. Wish I could have been around him more. Meeting him was one of the highlights of my life. Very nice guy.

@rjthompson615

2 жыл бұрын

@@Clandsom We were friends for the last 10 years of his life and I also know Ronnie, Martys son, met his daughter once and was friends with his sister Ann Todd and brother Harley.

This song is more relevant than ever

I wish radio stations would play some of the old country masters. Marty, John, Patsy, Johnny Lee, Loretta, Faron, George, Ect,they may find their listeners would love it!!!!!!

@noelcleghorn7257

2 жыл бұрын

It is so refreshing to see sensible folks giving Marty Robbins his true credentials the greatest without a doubt 🧐

The last verse hits hard for badge wearers.

An amazing set of lyrics with just right solo guitar. An amazing storyteller.

I really love everything about this song, I love the melody, I love the storytelling, I love the story, I love the protagonist, I love how people view him as a killer in the end, rather than the expected hero celebration. The badge he wears with pride, is his motivating factor, his saving grace, and all he has in the end. Oh! Also, I love the random out of place inflections of Robbins' voice...

@walliegirl2

Жыл бұрын

Kind of how motorcycle gang members treat their patch.

I love this song and all of his gunslinger songs. He could tell a story in his songs like no one else. I've never heard anyone come close to having that talent as he does. All his music tells a story but especially his ballads. When I was younger I didn't appreciate his music as much as I do now.

My favorite singer of all time I hear his voice I get chills

Marty is the best story teller/musician of all time, he sings with passion and skill.

Proud to have been a US Army Military Police during the Vietnam Era and after .

Its a shame this type of western / country music is dead. Its amazing in its simplicity. It doesn't need expensive recording / dubbing equipment.

@bladetheelectrowolf1554

3 жыл бұрын

Problem is you don’t get people who can do the western story telling anymore Marty and Johnny Cash were some of the last ones well not the very last. But the last of the most famous and very well know to do this type of song. Sad because I grew up on this and enjoy it a lot.

I dont cry at a lot of stuff but man this made me cry almost in pride

What a story in a song. This was a great man.

I would most definitely buy the DVD!

The king of country

@walliegirl2

4 күн бұрын

For me in C&W, it is Hank Sr. and Marty and everyone else. Sorry, they call George Strait, are you kidding - Marty wrote over 200 songs (like this classic song) and Strait has barely only written a handful. Jimmie Rodger is the godfather of Country as he founded it.

What a great songwriter he was! This is my favorite Marty song.

Smoking a cigar and listening to Marty Robbins.He's incredible.

Marty Robbins was the best of the best i like a lot of the country singers but he has always been the top I'm 51 and i think today's country singers could learn something from him even after his death you have to put your heart and soul into your song

'From their looks I know exactly what they think of me'. 'they could not care less about my pride or the badge I wear upon my chest.' I LOVE this song and what it stands for.

So beautiful!

I've been listening Marty Robin while living in Jamaica as a young kid. Personally no other artist can cover the pictures of the wild west than Marty Robins. Not even Willie Nelson. Just Close your eyes and your in a Western Movie when he is singing. Big Tune. Thx

I am glad I was able to meet him a few times when I was younger. Now I make sure to teach the younger generation about him so he will live on.

His muse was burnin'! These are terrific poems put to music. Too many people-like I used to-only know El Paso. Alive forever for this gold Mr Marty Robbins.

@jeaniebaird4949

5 жыл бұрын

Tony joe white-Willy and

OUTSTANDING

What a great talent Marty was! I saw him on stage in 1954. He had just come out of the Navy and sang many Hawaiian songs. Been hooked on his singing for 63 years!

I love everything this man ever sang.

So very prophetic of society today. Everybody takes pictures and videos but no one thinks to help.

The most awesome voice ever I get chills still today hearing him my favorite singer of all time

What many not know is that Marty's ancestor was a Texas Ranger. He's not singing a song, he's telling us a story about his family. He's telling us a truth of life.

Still the best story telling song I’ve ever heard. Like listening to a slick ass movie

I LOVE THIS SONG IT REMINDS ME OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND.

No one could sing a western song like him!

I was able to meet him and follow him to his shows in the Midwest in the late 1970s and early 1980s. That was one special thing my mom and I shared. Going to his shows and he would remember us at each show. Cool thing about Marty was that he would stay for hours signing autographs for EVERY Single fan. If he didn't have time, then nobody got an autograph. I always wondered over the last 32 years what he would have sung or acted in if he didn't take that one step beyond in 1982.

Marty told stories in all his songs especially western songs this one would parallel the movie high noon my favorite singer of all time

BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES OF BEING A POLICEMAN. THANK THE LORD I NEVER HAD TO SHOOT MY GUN. AN AWESOME STORY TELLER . THIS IS MY WIFE;S FAVORITE.

@dr.chickenfingers5696

4 жыл бұрын

I like it as well. I'm 12

@larryknoesel8195

3 жыл бұрын

I really Happy for you that you didn't have use you weapon!!! Marty was excellent story teller. I is sorely missed him. I wish like very many, many wish people their is singer ballad singer as this GOOD....

Great cowboy 🤠 singer ever my favorite hands down and very handsome 👩💝

Loved Marty Robbins since I was a kid. Thanks for sharing this one. It's the first time I've heard it.

One of my favorite Marty Robbins. And I have a lot of them

Was a great Balladeer

great singer great song great man

None greater in Country, ever... 🤩😍🍀

We should take this song and Play it at Beginning of Shift Muster in Every Police Department in America. It will instill Pride and Purpose in every Officers heart as he leaves to do the job he's sworn to do.

I had never heard this song. There are no longer songs like this any more. Thank you for sharing this song.

awesome song awesome singer. the best western singer ever

I find that this music is better than the country the radio today so i like to call it western

@bits_for_bytes

3 жыл бұрын

No comparison, Marty Robbins was the best ever to do it, even when the other bests were around.

This song would be the best theme song for a re-make of "High Noon", as it is about a town Marshal who gets no help from the townfolk when confronting 5 outlaws; which is the premise of "High Noon".

@bobsullivan5714

5 жыл бұрын

Those who have had the experience of fear so intense that the mouth really is so dry that you might as well have a mouthful of dust and that miserable rolling feeling below your belt buckle threatens to take control know what it costs to stand up and get moving anyway. Those who haven't had those experiences really don't know what this song is about. It occurred to me to wonder at how many people thought of the movie High Noon when they were facing down their own demons?

@renegordon346

4 жыл бұрын

you damm right about perfect analyis

This song is one of Marty's true masterpieces.

I have been a fan since El Paso first came out but I have never heard this song before - thank you so much

What an artist. A gifted songwriter and singer. His songs still sound wonderful. Will we remember the rubbish that is produced nowadays in five years let alone fifty. You died too young Marty.

no one will ever take Marty's place plenty of good singers but no one can copy his style

That last verse really stands out to me. How many times have we heard in the news of criminals and thugs getting shot by cop or even law abiding citizens, only to have national campaigns denouncing them as murders?

@IBETHISNAMEISTAKEN

7 жыл бұрын

because it's no longer the wild west and criminals don't automatically deserve to be killed

@potheadkennewick

7 жыл бұрын

IBETHISNAMEISTAKEN yeah because people definitely don't want to kill the law anymore

@IBETHISNAMEISTAKEN

7 жыл бұрын

the problem here is that police are killing too many people who really DON'T want to kill the law

@potheadkennewick

7 жыл бұрын

IBETHISNAMEISTAKEN anything the media picks up it's usually someone trying to pull a a gun on a cop, maybe like 1 in 20 is something that actually is concerning

@Royalpunk101

7 жыл бұрын

I understand where you are coming from, but when it comes down to the life of many innocents or one crook the choice is obvious.

Absolutely great!

This is one of my favorite songs of Marty Robbins as far as I'm concerned, he was the best.

@mrbobevans

5 жыл бұрын

I so much love this song. It is so mesmerizing. Marty's lyrics are just as good or better than Bob Dylan's.

This is a deep song❤❤ Who misses those years?❤❤

I don't listen to these songs while driving because I'm so busy visualizing what's happening in the song that I'm not paying proper attention to what's happening on the road.

It sounds so much more somber than Marty Robbin's other gunslinger ballads. It reminds me of Johnny Cash's big iron cove.

Great song. Another one from the legend.

what a blessing to have the opportunity to hear a voice like this he should be accorded national hero of western music

@janetgayle8100

8 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 💯 %

@draconvanhogenageniii7385

8 жыл бұрын

indeed

@stefanodogg280

6 жыл бұрын

He is

@pambarnak1645

6 жыл бұрын

He was Country Music Association Artist of the Decade in 1969. He was the first one honored with that award.

@sharonsmith9652

6 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

Without a doubt, the best western singer, ever.

So nuanced. That last verse really hits home.

That is an incredible box set (of course! All Bear Family productions are stellar)! This is one of my favorite ones from the album! Marty was so, so talented.

One word..AWSOME..

I had the pleasure of seeing and hearing Marty Robbins in a live concert. Was seated about ten fee away from this amazing entertainer.

I like to think of this as the same deputy from Tall Handsome Stranger because of the same unwillingness

Solid Gold

I found a newspaper clipping advertising a Marty Robbins show at six flags over mid-america, back in 1974. Now, this song didn't come out for another five years after that show, but the thought of seeing him perform this at that amphitheater has captured my imagination since discovering that advertisement. Shame that there is no live footage.

I have worn a badge for all of my adult life from one government agency or another, I say a prayer every day for my brothern that also were the badge, because the world to day is not the world we had when we joined to protect the people of our country from the evil that is out there now. The world is far more dangerous now than then, but I would not change my decision for anything! BE SAFE OUT THERE!

@se7ensnakes

9 жыл бұрын

The real criminals cannot be apprehended because they operate under the color of law.

@se7ensnakes

9 жыл бұрын

The USA is held captive by a few trionaire families.

@se7ensnakes

9 жыл бұрын

timnray99 You offer no threat to the money trust criminals,

@se7ensnakes

9 жыл бұрын

timnray99 it is not about the democrats. it is about every single politician on the take and the people behind them. The democrat or republicans are only there to give you the illusion that you have a choice.

@NovaJake360

9 жыл бұрын

se7ensnakes I do agree with you on that. But I believe there are some in law enforcement that mean good.

Magic country singer my favourite

I love all of Marty's songs, but I like his self-penned songs the most. And "Pride and the Badge" is one of my favorites, along with "San Francisco Teardrops" and "The City."

haha i feel so outa place but when you know good music you know good music. got my 1st taste of marty in a game known as fallout new vegas. big iron now i can sing 40 percent of his songs lol hes got like 500 XD

We need a little more this in America today June 2020

We know why Marty Robbins wasn't a movie producer, he would write a movie & sing it in roughly 3-4 minutes. He left nothing to the imagination. Every detail was in the song. All that was left, was the color of their boots & attire.

This man could sing great stories.

I've never heard this song before - a lot of history here.

Amazing how a song can make you cry . . .