IT SURE IS TOUGH BEING A COWBOY
THIS IS BY NO MEANS AN EASY JOB,
WALKING AROUND CATCHING BADMEN
WHO WANT TO STEAL AND ROB.

DRESSED IN HIS FAVORITE PAIR OF JEANS
OUT THERE TO PROTECT ME AND YOU,
A GUN BELT STRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST
CARRYING A SHOTGUN, PISTOL OR TWO.

HE'LL ROUND UP THE OUTLAWS
FROM CATTLE RUSTLING MOST EVERY DAY,
IT'S THE REAL THING FOR HIM
AS HE GOES ABOUT HIS DAILY PLAY.

HE SURE LOOKS LIKE A COWBOY
HE'LL GET DOWN REAL LOW, EVEN LAYS FLAT,
AS HE SNEAKS UP ON SEVERAL BAD GUYS
WEARING HIS EXTRA LARGE BIG BLACK HAT.

THIS ACTIVE YOUNG COWBOY IS SMART
AT AGE FIVE, HE IS TALL AND LEAN,
HE HAS A CAMP-OUT WHERE HE "SLEEPS"
HE COOKS AND EATS LOT OF DOGGIE BEANS.

THIS SOFT TALKING COWBOY
IS CERTAINLY NOT VERY MEAN,
ONCE HE EVEN INVITED A CATTLE RUSTLER
OVER AND SHARED HIS POT OF BEANS.

WHILE SITTING THERE TALKING TO AN OUT-LAW
SITTING AROUND EATING AT HIS CAMP SITE,
HE ASKS THE BOSS OF THIS GANG IF THESE WERE HIS BOYS
AND WHERE THEY WERE HEADING THAT NIGHT ?

THE CATTLE RUSTLERS TRY TO STEAL
AND TAKE OFF ON THE RUN,
BUT THIS SMART LITTLE COWBOY
SOON RUINS A BAD MAN'S DAY OF FUN.

HE LETS THEM KNOW THEY AREN'T GOING
TO STEAL ANY CATTLE - NOT ANY IN HIS SIGHT,
BUT THEY ARE WELCOME TO SIT AND TALK
HE WAS HOPING THEY WOULD WANT TO DO RIGHT.

AS THIS COWBOY WALKS AROUND TOTING A RIFLE
WEARING HIS FAVORITE BROWN BOOTS,
CATCH THE OUT-LAWS BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE
TO SNEAK OFF WITH LOTS OF LOOT.

THIS LITTLE COWBOY GOES BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT NAMES
THE RIFLEMAN, ROY ROGERS, AND GENE AUDREY OF COURSE,
HE MOSTLY JUST WALKS EVERYWHERE HE GOES
BEING AS YOUNG AS HE IS - HE DOES NOT YET RIDE A HORSE.

THIS COWBOY DOES NOT NEED ANY HELP
NOR DOES HE ASK FOR AN EXTRA GUN HAND,
WITH ALL THAT ASSORTMENT OF IRONWARE
THIS WISE LITTLE COWBOY IS OUT TO PROTECT THE LAND.

SO WATCH OUT ALL YOU CATTLE RUSTLERS
HE WILL CERTAINLY FIND YOUR HIDE-OUT,
SIT AND CHAT AND TURN YOURSELF IN OR ELSE
MY FAVORITE COWBOY WILL CATCH YOU - NO DOUBT !

Written for my grandson....by Granny...July 26, 2008


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