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 WHY I LOVE COWBOYS

3/12/2017

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 WHY I LOVE COWBOYS
By Donna Penley

Why do I love cowboys ?  Let me count th’ ways.
Folks,  be patient with me, ’cause this just might take days.
My daddy was a cowboy, an’ he set th’ bar real high,
For any man t’ measure up.  With th’ good ones, it’s a tie.

Cowboys come right out an’ tell you just what’s on their minds,
They’re cool an’ calm an’ laid back, an’  I think you will find,

They work real hard an’ don’t complain, no matter what th’ task
They do th’ work required of them -- whatever th’ bossman asks.
They’re brash an’ wild an’ daring -- most don’t give a care
Just what anybody thinks , as expletives split th’ air!
An’ just how do you tell th’ measure of a man?
It’s th’ honest look in his eyes an’ the grip of his right hand.

It’s his straightforward manner,  in business or in cards;
An’ he’s  equally up front with th’ boss, or with his favorite pards!
Th’ good ones don’t brag a lot, unless it’s rodeo time,
An’ most are real good listeners -- ‘ Buddy, it’s your dime‘.

Why do I love cowboys?  They’re what’s left of the West,
So, that’s why I love cowboys.  I think they’re just th’ best!  
So, if it came right down to it,  an’ I just had to choose,
Between a cowboy an’ a dude? W ell,  you can bet th’ dude would lose !

That’s why I love cowboys!

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    Donna Penley is a Cowgirl Poet with deep Kansas roots who has been writing cowboy poetry for over twenty five years. She is a real Cowgirl and an ex-barrel racer.

    Donna writes about all phases of cowboy life, with lots of humor woven in. Her poem Carrie Nation hangs in the Carrie Nation Museum in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.

    As a benefit for the blind and sight impaired, Great Empire Broadcasting produced a cassette tape of her poetry and distributed it to all Kansas public libraries (
    No Preservatives Added : a collection of cowboy poetry).

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