OCR Text |
Show There was a shearing crew set up to run but something had broke down The boss had climbed into his truck and lit out fast for town To find the parts he needed to make it roll again. And there around the horse corral was at least a dozen men A watchin' what was goin' on for lack of something else to do So Homp and I rode up to them to take a gander too. They was speculatin' on a mule, a well-grown "Zebra Dun" And 'lowed the guy that stayed him would be ridin' some. Then a feller I had rode with looked at me, "Hey you top him off We'll pass the hat for money that can be a good payoff!" Well I was young and chesty, but hesitated some 'Cause I was kind of leery of that lined-back "Zebra Dun." That country's washed and gullied and covered with a million rock. With a dozen miles of rock fences with barb' wire 'long the tops. And if I'd had my "druthers" it ain't the place I'd choose To climb onto a rough one and have someone turn him loose. But I was plenty foolish as well as chesty then So we got my saddle on him and pulled him from that pen, 112 Cowboy Poetry From Utah |