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Cowboy Poetry by Larry Bradfield

Larry Bradfield was born in Southeastern New Mexico and grew up in West Texas during the oil boom in the Permian Basin. All of the oil camps of the time - 1930's through the 1950's - were located on the various large ranches which owned the land and the mineral rights.
After graduation from Texas Western in El Paso, he spent 40 years working in the aerospace industry. After retirement he tried writing poetry that was descriptive of life growing up on the ranches of West Texas. A friend from Round Rock , Texas, Michael L. Moore introduced him to Cowboy Poetry and he and his wife Jane were kind enough to edit the work that resulted.

That editing and suggestions shaped what has been written. Clark Crouch, Poet Lariat, has acted as tutor about the basics of Cowboy Poetry and educated him about "the rhythm of the trail and the rhymes that trigger the mind ". That education has made all the difference in moving the poems toward the traditional. It's a work in progress as they say

Larry lives with his beautiful wife, Joyce, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia.

Nothin' Like Her
Larry Bradfield

I've been a moonshiner and horse wrangler too,
I can break you a horse or brew you a brew
I've been to big cities and small ones a few
Ain't seen nothin' like her, nothin' else will do

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The Sun's Last Rays
Larry Bradfield

I leaned against the bunkhouse wall,
Soaked up the sun's last rays.
Remembered when I never thought
There'd be an end to days.

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J.D. and the Lawyer
Larry Bradfield

J.D.'s a cowboy's cowboy, ain't no doubt
He knows aplenty what the world's about.
Born on a hoss -ain't never seen him fall -
And that's why what he did surprised us all.

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The Brown Eyed Calf
Larry Bradfield

Now, ol' Dan was a calf roper
Won lots of cash that way.
He'd rope at county fairs and such
A big boost to his pay.

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He Knew This Day Was Comin'
Larry Bradfield

Where's it written he'd like to know,
That he must be a man.
He likes the way things are right now,
Doin' the best he can.

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It's Kansas Again
Larry Bradfield

Here I am in Kansas again
Said I wouldn't this year
I don't know how and don't know when
I'll get back outta here

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It's Spring in Texas
Larry Bradfield

The bluebonnets seem pretty dull this year
And paint brushes fade in the morning dew
The mocking birds surely have lost their song
And the Texas Spring is drab without you

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The Laptop Cowboy
Larry Bradfield

I got four hundred white face cows
A breed that I swear by
A herd of Mustangs to be rode
New laptop standin' by

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OLD BOB'S SPURS
Larry Bradfield

Bob's treasure was a pair of spurs
Fine silver and engraved.
He wore them when he broke a bronc'
Until that hoss behaved.

He wore them in the big parade
Each year at Christmas time
And in saloons along the way
That sold tequila, lime.

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The Perils of Slim
Larry Bradfield

Slim works a drilling rig by day
And drinks Lone Star at night
He'd tried to rodeo before
But nothin' came out right

He'd cowboy'd in the Panhandle
And by the Rio Grande
He'd farmed a little cotton plot
Got covered up with sand

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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"

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What Cowboy's Do
Larry Bradfield

He turned his sheepskin collar up
His back was to the wind
He'd seen this kind of storm before
But he had fence to mend

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Old Men and Old Hosses
Larry Bradfield

An old cowboy sat whittlin' wood
And thought about his past
Thought of all the hosses he'd had
And how them mem'ries last

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Longing For Kate
Larry Bradfield

I ain't seen it for myself, but
The boys all swore it's true.
There's a gal named Kate a ridin'
For the Lazy S that's new.

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