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WHEN I WAS A YOUNGUN

3/11/2017

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WHEN I WAS A YOUNGUN
By Donna Penley


When I was a youngun, I thought I was invincible;
“God forbid”, my daddy said “you’d do anything close to sensible!”
There wasn’t any cayouse I was afraid to ride;
Tried to rope the biggest stock -- yes, I said I tried!

As I advanced to my teen years, there was a lot of work to do;
But, my brother and I had our games we played, and that helped to get us through.
Our trail boss was our Daddy.  
He had a strong but guiding hand;
Showed us things we’d have to know, to protect our earth and land.

Then came my college years, and I went back to stupid;
Cracked the books a lot, but saved out time for cupid.
Married me an engineer, one who designed aircraft;
He thought he could tame this girl, but pardner, he was daft!

I took all I could of the city life, then bid it all goodbye;
In looking back on those early years, I guess I didn’t try
To  make the most of what I had -- but I yearned for the land,
And open spaces saved just for me by my daddy’s loving hand.

Folks say my face has “character”, but I’ll give you all a guess,
They’re being nice, ‘cause after years of wind and sun, I’d say it’s just a  mess!
But I got what I wished for -- open spaces to run free -- and
All those years of livin’ that turned that youngun into me!

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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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