Three old cowboys <br />Was sittin playin some poker <br />When through the bar doors, <br />came this funny lookin joker <br /> <br />He said 'You don't know me <br />But I'm from the 'the land down under' <br />The one we call australia <br />Where the kangaroos make it thunder' <br /> <br />'I'm headed out west <br />To learn your cowboy ways <br />And under your star lit nights <br />I'll be spendin the rest of my days' <br /> <br />About then ol ev spoke up, and said <br />'Boy, you don't even have a clue! <br />Why! every young lad has thought that <br />You just sound like another fool' <br /> <br />Then john spoke up and said <br />'Boy there are creatures out there man has never seen <br />There are wolves, and coyotes, bears and lions <br />You will never make it, actin all crazy and green <br /> <br />Roy then spoke up and said <br />'Come on over here boy, and play some poker <br />It helps to pass the time away <br />Instead of actin like some crazy joker <br /> <br />Why, there are indians out there <br />That would skin you alive <br />Just for the pleasure of it <br />It is something they just thrive! ' <br /> <br />The lad spoke up and said <br />'You boys, are givin me a scare <br />You are telling me of things <br />Of that, I was never aware <br /> <br />Bartender, bring me some whiskey <br />I need it to calm me down <br />I felt so wild and crazy <br />Now it's more like a circus clown! ' <br /> <br />Ev said 'Let this be a lesson, boy <br />Life is not just a race <br />If you fall in this neck of the woods <br />It might not be mud on your face' <br /> <br />wrote 2/6/2009 by Norman Hale Jr<br /><br />norman hale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cowboy-lessons/
