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THE FLATLANDER IN  NEW YORK CITY

1/7/2017

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THE FLATLANDER IN  NEW YORK CITY
by Donna Penley
 
 
I’m an’ ol’ flatlander from Kansas, an’ t’ New York I did go;
I’ll tell ya of my adventures an’ things learned I didn’t know.
 
Ya either walk or take a cab t’ anyplace far away;
An’, better take lotsa dough if in a hotel you want t’ stay.
 
Ya won’t understand yore driver, ‘cause most likely his name’s Singh ;
He wears a turbin that hides his hair – in his ear he wears a ring.
 
He’ll skim th’ sides o’ cars and buses – make yore hair stand right on end;
You’ll swear that while goin’ 50, that cab knows how t’ bend.
 
Ya might end up in Flatbush when ya wanted t’ go t’ Brooklyn;
Th’ cabbie, he thinks it’s a joke – yore payin’ while yore lookin’.
 
Th’ food is great, an’ really rich – but ya better take a bundle;
Of money in yore pocket, or yore bankbook, it’ll crumble.
 
An’ th’ fancy dancy restaurants don’t put prices on their menus;
If yore poor enough ya have t’ ask, better choose another venue.
 
Our food may be plain an’ simple, but I think theirs we can rival;
An’ th’ best thing about beef steak an’ taters – it’s at least identifiable.
 
Oh, I liked New York, don’t get me wrong – but I won’t go again;
I like it here in good ol’ Kansas, where neighbors are yore friends.
 
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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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