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RIDIN’ NIGHT WATCH

2/17/2017

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  RIDIN’ NIGHT WATCH
By Donna Penley 
I drew short straw, ridin’  watch tonight, circlin’ th’ herd t’ keep ‘em tight;
Th’ moon is full an’ shinin’ bight --
An’ all’s right with th’ world.
 
My hoss is watchful, stridin’ loose,  ears up an’ a’listenin;
T’o th’sounds of th’ bedded herd, horns pointed skyward,  hides a’glishenin’.
An’ all’s right with th’ world!
 
No night storm is a brewin’ , no heat lightnin’ t’ be seen;
Ridin’ night hawk  on a night like this is every cowboy’s dream.
When all’s right with th’ world!
 
Cows a talkin’ to their calves; steers a callin’ low;
Music to a cowpokes ears.  Some cowboy’s singin’  down below.
An’ all’s right with th’ world!!

 
Th’ smell of sage  an’ dew an’ cow  - t’ me, they’re just th’ best!;
An’ if I had t’ die right now, I’d make just one request --
 
That all  cowpokes  a ridin’ night watch be given such a night;
When th’ herd ‘s content an’ bedded down, an’ th’ prairie’s lit  up bright –
 
AN’ ALL’S RIGHT WITH TH’ WORLD!
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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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