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Cowboy" Is My Name
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Cowboy" Is My Name |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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Have you ever watched the sun go down, Out on the Great Divide... And known that when the East was gray, You'd saddle up and ride? Have you worked from daylight thirty- Till the sun was long in bed... And fell into your bunk, still dressed- To rest your weary head? Hard work, long hours, and little pay... That is the cowboy life... It's a stingy kind of living- For a man with kids and wife. But the freedom you experience- Will never go away... You'll bear it in your heart and mind- Until your dying day. And I've been there and I've done that- I have the scars to show- The lessons learned along the way. The price of being slow. I might not do it all again... But I'm glad that I can claim... I rode my broncs, and pulled my weight, And "Cowboy" is my name. [This message has been edited by John Yaws (12-26-2001 12:24 AM).] |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Anyone called "Cowboy", is a real man in my book. |
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peaches73533 Senior Member
since 2001-11-04
Posts 981OK, USA |
I see lots of these men where I live and I totally agree with you.Nice write. Peaches |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
John- Well said, Cowboy.  I enjoyed this. ~Vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
I absolutely love everything you write! Must be the cowgirl in me. Good job. |
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oh2beme Member
since 2000-07-24
Posts 215NV USA |
John...very well done my friend. I too, grew up like this (but it was my Grandpa that was the cowboy...lol) It truly is a feeling that lives within your heart forever!!!!!! Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of work...Deb |
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