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THE CANADAS

2/23/2017

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 THE CANADAS
  By Donna Penley

I was sittin’ on my horse in a pasture, gazing toward th’ sky,
Watchin’ a vee of Canada geese as they winged their way on high.
Their leader called with raucous voice as he led his lusty crew;
Miles away he’d change leadership with his brother, as they
are apt to do.

My daddy had a cousin, an’ his name was Frankie Lane;
“I Must Go Where The Wild Goose Goes” was a song he sang.

An’ did ya know geese mate for life,
Or so the experts say --
So if their mate gets killed or dies,
They go on their lonesome way.

I was ponderin’ that sad thought,,
Looked up, an’ the vee of geese was Gone.
But reverberatin’ in my head
Were th’ words of Frankie’s song --

“I must go where the wild goose goes,
An’ I must know what the wild goose knows.
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
A wanderin’ soul, or a heart at rest?”

Then I bowed my head an’
thanked God for such a
beautiful sight!

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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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