Trail driving was grueling for the cowboyNot all marshmallows and campfire stories They never slept very Sound-the Cows were up and down Day after daythe same cowpoke way snaps and plaid shirtsfull of holes and dirt To get cattle to cross the streamIt took a big steerthat was mean The rest then would followIf you…
Category: Cowboys
Life of a cowboy
Wagons West
you thought you were on the seaIn the old West across the long Prairie On the horizon, wagons as far as the eyes could see Canvas topped horse-drawn wagons.Pioneers heading across the Prairie to the West Untamed plains and the western statestraveling with extraordinarily little rest Hopes and dreams piled into a wagon loaded down…
The Vaquero
A cowboy tends cattle on big ranches; he can be called a herder traditionally on horses performing a multitude of ranch-related orders The historic American Cowboy of the late 19th century Arose from the vaqueros of northern Mexico, you see They became a figure of legends; that is their course. A subtype called a wrangler…
Dance Hall/Skating Rink
Tally grew up with his big horse and fancy wade saddle. He always favored the cowboy side; he liked roping cattle. His dad wanted him to be a farmer; he would often say But Talley had his heart stolen. He loved the cowboy way. Struggling through the Great Depression of the nineteen-thirties he put his…
Buffalo Rock
Buffalo Rock Back at Buffalo rock There is a small ranch of Buffalo stock. You will see something remarkable. Watching Buffalo grazing till full From sunup thru sundown At Buffalo, Rock by the mound. Today they are a dying breed. Masses disappeared from greed. If it were only out of a need, you could understand…
Buckaroo or Cowpuncher
On a late spring morning in West Texasriding through pasture overgrown with brush cowpunchers pushed a calf into a clearingThe animal needed to be roped if it was a yearling The cowboy throws a loop around the yearling’s neck and hears it mournThe calf can’t escape the rope tied to the Cowboys saddle horn A…
The Cattle Drover
The roundups over and the cattle drives doneNow tired little doggies just soaking up the sun From Texas to Kansas looking for railheads along the wayNever any rooms to rent in bedrolls is where they stayed Shipments to stockyards, Louisiana, and points eastThe cattle would set many tables with a big beef feast Cowboy hat,…
The WheelWright
The wheelwright cut, chiseled, fashioned, and shaped. wheels from wood are what he made The craft of the wheel Wright was high in demand all of it made and shaped by his hand Over rocky roads carrying heavy loads that is how adventurous families travel down the roads They depended on the wheel Wright’s work…
Roll on Cimarrón
Roll on Cimarron The Cimmaron begins her rising in Mexico near the Capulin mountain. she curves around the ben, spewing like a water fountain she is headed to Arkansas to put on a show she will pick up the nickname “Red Fork” as She Goes From hitting red clay on the banks as she flows…
Danny’s New Boots
Brother Danny got new boots when he turned four, Mama bought Danny’s boots from the cowboy store when little Danny pulled on his boots he found that he could do a boot scoot Danny Boot scooted across the kitchen floor he kept on scooting out the living room door his brothers and sisters yelled ”Danny…