Horses are Horses | Me and the Pup | Waterhole 3 | Zebra Dunn | Cletus by Larry McMurtry
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Horses are Horses HORSES are HORSES as we all know there's good one's and bad one's and some
that don't WHOA!
We lead'em and feed'em and brush'em each day and they step on our feet and they
walk on our hay
We ride'em and slide'em and get'em in shape and take'em to town and they sell out
our faith
They look over here and they jump over there and they spook at the wind and they
neigh at the mare's
When tied to your trailer they eat on the paint and make that new rig look like something
it ain't
Taking most of your time and all of your money it's getting to where it's not very
funny
But after the show and on your way home you swear at your wallet and what's left of
your dough
Your checkbook is empty and your looking for gas and you think of the good and
try to forget all the bad
But all of a sudden the week rolls around and where do you go, but down the road
to another HORSESHOW ~~ -
Me and the Pup
About ten below SNOWING and COLD there was ice on the cheeks of my
San Joaquin bit
It was hard on my gelding getting around ice in his hoofs and ice on
the ground
I was getting the cows in early one morn me and a pup the old dog
had born
I sent him ahead to slow down the leaders a pretty tough job with cows
calves and feeders
Then all of a sudden but not to surprize starring at me right square
in the eye's
Was a brockel faced calf standing alone a long way from his mom and
far from the road
His mother up front a bawling out loud looking for her calf no where
to be found
When she saw the pup it was all over then, she pawed blew some snot and
went after him
Digging a trail straight for her calf I yelled at my pup to get far
away back
To my surprize it amazes me yet, for that pup to jump up on my horse
and into my lap
The pup was'nt scared it was plain good cow sense, to disapear from the
scene without rousing a thing
The cow and her calf finally paired up , without the rest of the herd getting
stirred up
I patted my gelding and praised my pup and thanked the Good Lord for such a
smart puparl all rights reserved
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Waterhole 3
Saturday morning and nothing was up , but fix'in a water leak just me and
my pup
Seems simple enough with some pvc and some time, but come to find out, not very long
later I'm to be out of my mind
Warming this morning after the freeze through the glass in the kitchen I can see
a new leak
Cooking some chuck and wandering around , coffee in hand, trying to come up with some
kind of a plan
Through the living room window I can't believe what I see, but I'm beginning to see
this days not for me
Way off in the distance shooting ten foot straight up ,shoots two inchs of water
looks flooded enough
After feeding the the horses and the water turned off, me and my pup get to leak
number one
Digg'in the ditch and laying the pipe, I knew would be easy in this mud and slop
even without much help from my pup
A bucket of elbow's, connectors and stuff just won't go together no matter what, as yet
I have made it past leak number one
You would think there's a way out of all of these fittings without going to town
and a ride in the truck
But if that is the case I had better go out to leak number two so I get the right parts
to get the job done
So I head for the truck back at the house get the keys from the hook and tell the
pup to load up
As I'm leaving the ranch passing leak number three there was so much water I called it
Waterhole 3
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The Zebra Dunn
The Cowboy came from Cimmarron, looking for a job.
Said he rode for an outfit they call the Jingle-Bob.
The boss told the stranger, let's have ourseleves some fun.
Come and throw your saddle on our horse called Zebra Dunn.Oh that Zebra Dunn, that bucking son of a gun
Pitching his wall-eyed fit, upon him I did sitThe punchers came and gathered, laughing up their sleeves.
Counting on their Zebra Dunn to do just what he pleased.
The cowboy hit the saddle and Dunny quit this earth.
Went right on up to try the sky for all that he was worth.Oh that Zebra Dunn, that bucking son of a gun
Pitching his wall-eyed fit, upon him I did sitOld dunny pawed the moon and passed right by the sun.
He chased some clouds awhile then came down like a ton.
We could see the tops of trees on very gosh darn jump.
But I stayed tight upon his back just like the cammels hump.Oh that Zebra Dunn, that bucking son of a gun
Pitching his wall-eyed fit, upon him I did sitWe bucked accross the prairie and scatterd gophers as we went.
Kicked the cook and stew pot right through the boss'es tent.
But when the fray was over Dunny did all that he did.
No doubt was left in this world that Outlaw I had rid.Oh that Zebra Dunn, that bucking son of a gun
Pitching his wall-eyed fit, upon him I did sitThe boss he whooped and hollared an threw his hat from his head.
He shook my hand until it ached and this is what he said,
If you can throw a lasso like you rode that Dunn.
You're the Cowboy I've Been looking for since the year of one.Oh that Zebra Dunn, that bucking son of a gun
Pitching his wall-eyed fit, upon him I did sit -
Cletus by Larry McMurtry
A couple young cowboys, working for their Pa one morn were headed back to the ranch when they
decided to rope a coyote that was running through a field where they had just moved some cattle fromAbout then, their only neighbor for 20 miles, old Cletus, approched them cradleing his infamous
12'gage salt load shotgun, that the boys showed high respect for.
Even with a head and heeled coyote on the end of their ropes, strung tightThe old codger said , "what the hell you two doing in this field with my coyote ?" the boys answered
"this coyote came through a broken fence where they had just moved their cattle from to another fieldWell , the old man said, "that's my coyote and to turn the son-of-a-bitch loose" and the boys answered
"where afraid to to turn the the son-of-a-bitch loose for fear of getting bit"About then, the boys Pa came riding up, an said "how you doing Cletus?" Cletus answered
"no damm good, I wish your boys would turn that coyote loose and that
he didn't want anybody roping his damm coyote's anyway"So Dad, casually said, "Cletus thats my coyote, see that earmark I put on him !
I had no idea that darn coyote had gotten out, and went on to say
it was lucky that his boys roped him for he caused any more troubleOld Cletus, was just flabergasted.
We all kind of just looked up in the sky and rolled our eyes at one another when
we actually noticed, that sure enough, there was a piece of that coyotes ear missing,
like Pa had said.
Although for sure that coyote had got marked from a fight or somethingDad said then "how do you mark your coyotes Cletus? if you show me,
I'll have my boys put back what coyotes they find of yours back in the field"About then Old Cletus liked to swallowed his adams apple, walked over to the coyote,
grabbed him by the snout and said, "by golly Bill this is your coyote, I think"Then he said "ya know I sort of like this coyote how much will you take for him Bill?"
Even Dad was suprised at that one but, he said that he didn't rightly know how much they were getting for
coyotes exactly but that he would take three bucks for himOld Cletus answered, "well that sounded like a fair price and handed over three bucks" knowing they were
only paying $2.00 for the ears off dead onesOld Cletus had been sipping a little homemade that morning but he figured losing a buck was better than
being made a fool of.
arl all rights reserved
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