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 Cowboy
Speak
by Ed Keenan, cowboy poet and author
He says a lot with just a
few words
It’s the way
of cowboy speech
You might learn a lesson about life
That he wasn’t out to teach
He has a certain way of sayin things
Makin you wonder what he said
Maybe some simple pearl of wisdom
That leaves you
scratchin yer head
Like ‘feathers fly where
the shot hits’
He knows
that’s a fact of life
That’s when a word hits a sore spot
And he sees the flinch and strife
Cowboy names are just three letters
Because he limits his words
‘Cause it ain’t efficient to be verbose
So he makes good use of verbs
Not wastin words on double syllables
He uses the shorter names
Like Lew and Ed and Ted and Ned
And cowboys like Will James
No names like ‘The Marlboro Man’
On some perty cowboy poster
But Matt and Tim or John Wayne
Imprinted on their holster
No respectable outfit would ever hire
A cowhand named Bubba
Or some Bartholomew or Oliver
Or a potbelly named Tubba
Life’s just too short to use big words
Gettin ‘hoof and mouth disease’
So a cowboy’s careful what he says
‘Cause it puts his mind at ease
Ed Keenan © 4/02
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 Ed
Keenan, cowboy poet and author of Cow Chip
Poetry--Lies, Lingo & Lore, writes nature and
birding articles, historic vignettes, Dutch Oven
Cooking recipes and poetry. For more about Ed,
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