Discover the story of the song > Ringo – Lorne Greene

The song tells the story of a man called Ringo who was shot and left for dead in the desert. The protagonist finds him and saves his life. Ringo turns out to be an excellent gunslinger and becomes very infamous, but eventually the protagonist has to face him in a gunfight. The protagonist wins, and Ringo dies, but he shows that he was not completely bad by telling the protagonist that they are even. The protagonist becomes famous for defeating Ringo, but there is still a bit of mystery and ambiguity surrounding Ringo's past.