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Cowboy Poetry and Western Verse
The Tenderfoot and Nasty
Larry Bradfield
"Well, lookey here !" Bob said with glee
"We've got a tenderfoot !
He's got this brand new gear , you see
He don't know where to put "
"He says he comes from way Back East
Teach him a thing or two
Let's put him on that unbroke beast
And see what he can do"
The hoss they gave him don't look mean
Though Nasty was his name
He did seem sometimes really keen
On makin' riders lame
It seemed so like an awful match
New guy on this terror
This plot somehow just didn't hatch
We all judged in error
The greenhorn climbed upon that hoss
A move as slick as rain
He spurred to show him who was boss
And let him have the rein
Now Nasty gave him all he had
He bucked and whirled and screamed
The rider smiled, said "This ain't bad !
It's nothin' like I dreamed."
That hoss gave up, plum' tuckered out
The rider just stepped down.
Bob said "The East you lied about!
You've rode before this town !"
The new guy said, "Not in the least.
This here's New Mexico.
The whole of Texas lies Back East
I do believe it's so !"
They called him tenderfoot no more
He made a real smart hand
He came from Texas that's for shore
And that ole boy's got sand
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