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Shucks Marty.......I would just go listen to some England Dan and John Ford Coley CD's or John Fogerty?
Well , if you want to ease your mind you just go on take it to the river when you're down' Well, that's alright you just bring it down to jelly roll We're gonna run & jump and shout We're gonna slide way back in the country There's a place Where they treat you right You just bring it down to jelly roll The girls way down south they got their way honey drippin from their mouth if you ever get some luck you better bring it down to jelly roll........
How'd you like ThEM lyrics??? eh?
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HEY MARTY!!! I've been a big fan of Cowboy Poetry ever since I attended my first poetry gathering in Big Timber Montana in 1989!!! I've been hooked ever since! One of my favorite poems is one called
Reincarnation, by Wallace McRae
What is reincarnation? A cowboy asked his friend. It starts, his old pal told him, when your life comes to an end. They wash your neck and comb your hair and clean your fingernails, And put you in a padded box away from life’s travails.
The box and you goes in a hole that’s been dug in the ground. Reincarnation starts in when you’re planted neath that mound. Them clods melt down, just like the box, and you who is inside. And that’s when you begin your transformation ride.
And in a while the grass will grow upon your rendered mound, Until some day, upon that spot, a lonely flower is found. And then a horse may wander by and graze upon that flower That once was you, and now has become your vegetated bower.
Now, the flower that the horse done eat, along with his other feed, Makes bone and fat and muscle essential to the steed. But there’s a part that he can’t use and so it passes through. And there it lies upon the ground, this thing that once was you.
And if perchance, I should pass by and see this on the ground, I’ll stop awhile and ponder at this object that I’ve found. I’ll think about Reincarnation and life and death and such, And come away concludin’, why, you ain’t changed all that much.
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How's about the James Taylor song. Sweet Baby James
There was a young cowboy who lived on the range. His horse and his saddle were his only companions. .... Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose...
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Have you ever read any of the writings or heard any of the naratives on NPR written by Baxter Black? He was a large animal veterinerian and his wit is delightful! http://www.baxterblack.com/ ------------------ The SignShop Mendocino, California "Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"
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Rick, you took the answer right out of my fingers!
Baxter Black is THE cowboy poet. He not only has the gift to string thoughts into rhyming narratives, but his delivery is second to none. This guy lives what he writes.
One line he said on some PBS show once has stuck in my head for a long time. He was reciting a poem about basically having reached the end of his rope. His punchline, or reason for being able to say the end of his rope was the fact he had no more keys. I thought to myself... damn, he's right! When you have no keys, you've got nothing to drive, go home to, work in, etc.
Wise man that Baxter. You'll do no better than him.
------------------ Robb Lowe Hub City Graphics Spartanburg, SC
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He was an old time cowboy, now don't you understand.... His eyes were sharp as razor blades, his face was leather tanned.... His toes was pointed inwards from a hangin' on a horse.... He was an old philosopher, of course.
He was so thin I swear you could have used him for a whip..... He had to drink a beer to keep his britches on his hips..... I knew I had to ask him about the mysteries of life..... He spit between his boots and he replied....
"It's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money."
------------------ St.Marie Graphics & Makin' Tracks Sound Studio Kalispell, Montana stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com 800 735-8026 We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
Baxter Black, of course!!!! Several others that came to my attention were Waddie Mitchell, Michael Martin Murphy and Riders in the Sky. Tom T. Hall was a master of spoken word songs but I had no idea he did cowboy poetry.
Keep on keepin on..... Marty
------------------ Marty Happy Signmaker Since 1974 Happy Ad Sign & Design Regina SK, Canada S4N 5K4
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Yeah, Tom T.Hall. He and Bobby Bare have always been my favorites in the ballad world.
------------------ St.Marie Graphics & Makin' Tracks Sound Studio Kalispell, Montana stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com 800 735-8026 We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
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Got a Dextor Black tape too...I still like Wallace McRae the best, saw Waddie Mitchell in Big Timber. Patsy Montana was there, she's since gone on to the big roundup in the sky....she was famous for 'I wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart' and sang with the Sons of the Pioneers. Got several of Michael Martin Murphy tapes....I love that stuff!!! A
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