To the town of Saigon City rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn’t have too much to say,
No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
The stranger there among them had a Chicom on his hip,
Chicom on his hip
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin’ all around
“He’s an outlaw loose and runnin'”, came a whisper from each lip
“And he’s here to do some business with a Chicom on his hip,
Chicom on his hip”
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Mr. Nguyen
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more,
One and nineteen more Now the stranger started talkin’ made it plain to folks around
Was a Hanoi City Kong who wouldn’t be too long in town
He was here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn’t matter that he was after Mr. Nguyen,
After Mr. Nguyen
Wasn’t long before this story was relayed to Nguyen
But the outlaw didn’t worry, men who tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip,
Twenty one would be the Kong with the Chicom on his hip,
Chicom on his hip
Now the morning passed so quickly and it was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven when they rode out in the street
Folks were watchin’ from their windows, Every body held their breath,
They knew this handsome Kong was about to meet his death,
About to meet his death
There was twenty feet between them When they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the Kong still talked about today
Mr. Nguyen had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
And the Kong’s aim was deadly, with the Chicom on his hip,
Chicom on his hip
It was over in a moment and the crowd all gathered ’round
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
Oh, he might have went on livin’ but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Kong with the Chicom on his hip,
Chicom on his hip
Chicom, Chicom,
Oh he tried to match the Kong with the Chicom on his hip,
Chicom on his hip