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Greenfield Public Schools

Fairfield, Montana

Cowboys on the Trail

by k - 2nd grade

Get out of the bedroll

go and catch my horse

go and get some chuck

and get those cattle on the course!

Buck, he'll be the leader

Jed and Bill be the point

Lane and Ben will be in flank.

and Cookie's got a sore knee joint!

Now Kolter and Joe and Caleb

they're all back in drag.

the trailboss is watchin' out

for anybody in a snag!

Cowboys on the trail drive

don't want o dern stampede!

Could be started by bison and Indians

that's why the trailboss is in the lead.

Mister Goodnight is with the chuckwagon,

now it's the Nighthawk's turn.

To sing the cattle to sleep.

Better let that fire burn.

As a cowboy tops off the strawberry roan

Cookie sings "It's in My Blood".

As he mixes sourdough starter for breakfast

another day in the dust and mud.

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A Cowboy's Life

by 3rd & 4th Grade

Shag out of the bed roll

go eat biscuits, beef and beans

go and catch the horses

and wake them from their dreams.

The cowboys saddle their horses

and go to gather cattle.

Cookie packs the chuck wagon

it's a long and dusty battle.

Let's get back on the trail drive

trade with Indians, give them beef.

Today we saw Charles Goodnight

and the trail boss caught a thief.

From Aztec times to the Civil War

Cowboys have been around

from cattle drives to ranch rodeos

you can hear the night hawk's sound.

The leader, point, flank, and drag,

fall asleep by night

morning wakes me to the smell of chuck.

Life couldn't be more right.

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Cattle Drive

by 7th grade

So you've come to the West

looking for a rough ride

listen close now sonny

you'd better stay at my side.

Along the trail all day

you'll eat a pound of dust and snow

but we'll always know where we're going

cuz home is anywhere we go.

I'll get you a faithful plug

and off we'll go

turning the horses north

following the way of the crow.

And if we don't make it

living till the end

we'll see each other

past the trail's bend.

You'll prove your mettle

riding the trail all day

for if you didn't listen

soon in the grave you'll lay.

For now I see so soon

that you believe in me

as long as you will stay

in our family you will be.

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Deer
by Jacquee

I was ridin' my pony one day

when I spied a fuzzy deer

my friend went clear up the mountain

and said there's more up here!

So I rode up there to see them

there was more than I had thought

I think was more than a million

and you could see where some had fought.

There was some baby deer

all fuzzy and small

then I saw their daddy

all stout and big and tall.

The plains where they were standin'

was golden, brown, and gray

you could see where some were munchin'

a long long ways away.

The sun was settin'

turnin' the sky old and pink

the deer were silhouetted against the sky

just like a spot of black ink.

The day was leavin'

just like that

I said goodbye to my friends

but then I saw a mountain cat.

But that's another story

one to be told another time

so I rode on home

and listened to the birds chime.

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