ONE COWBOY STORY is lyrics about how my Dad described his work he'd learned on the ranch in East Texas...he didn't like herdin' by horse tho...he preferred piloting the ranch plane, lookin' for strays and problems from way up above the range! ...this would be from the early 1940s....

ONE COWBOY STORY

In his youngun' cowpoke days
He was a brash one, yes, he was -
He rode like hell and roped like fire -
Whooped it up in town at night...

But you ain't seen no better man
When cattle spooked and ran away -
He'd herd em up with his dog, Rusty -
Those two: they made things all right...
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He didn't sing Get-along-little-doggie -
Country and Western was much more his style!
He was jus' a Cowboy - he wern't no B-Western -
He knew how to fight - but he knew how'ta smile....

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Where the sun meets rim of canyon
Both risin an' settin' on its way,
He'd be just sippin' hot coffee
Watchin' nothin' - nothin'ta say...

On his fine mustang named Black Pete -
He'd trained that stallion to love work -
Pete was a cuttin' horse - a good pal -
He never failed and never shirked...
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So saddle up and get out to the
Range and ride hard til day is done...
There's sun and heat and tired hands -
An' when it's night, it's 'Town' for fun...

But there's alone and sometimes lonely -
An' sometimes danger - oft-times, pain...
While you work for beans and beer an'
Have no future in your aim....
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