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COWBOY POETRY

Cowboy’s Right Up To The End

Today I met a Cowboy
in a continental suit,
a jawin’ with another
out “Back behind the chute”.

I overheard the story
another’s claim to fame;
about an ornery bronc named “Old Red”
and the cowboy, “Bill Mclain”.

I heard “Little Joe the Wrangler”
and “Utah Carol” too;
not to forget the “Strawberry Roan”
the list just grew and grew.

Will there be “Sagebrush in Heaven”
and a “Lonesome Coyote’s Whale”
then I heard a cowboy quotin’
“Tyin’ Knots in the Devils Tail.”

Then my mind began to wander
back to another time;
I recalled my younger days
these words I use to rhyme.

We sang about “Cool Water”
and them “Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds”;
then about a man who rides “Ole Paint”
and Dan’s the horse he leads.

Then the story of “Skyball Paint”
and I was “Back in the Saddle Again”;
why I hadn’t heard a lot of these
since I can’t remember when.

Why the list goes on forever
there’s more than a hand could count.
There’s stories of horses, cowboys and cows;
of buck offs wrecks and remounts.

The thing that really amazes me
the tails just keep, keepin’ on;
and will ‘til the end of eternity
when the human race is gone.

There’ll be no stoppin’ the Cowboy
like a river, there’s always a bend;
and the Master above will guarantee
there’ll be cowboys right up to the end.
 

TJ Casey

January 2008


 

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