Loosin' Stella, a Cowboy's Lament

Dreamin' with my eyes on these Montana skies Blue as the plaid in my plum good shirt I got the mitten by a beauty queen smitten By a flannel mouthed tenderfoot from the Wyoming dirt I’m just a waddie but a big hearted fella' That rides strong and long – I’m in apple pie order I’m a good hand at fencin’ and herdin’ and tell ya I chewed some gravel trying to court her I’m sorta' like my hoss who’s an owl headed steed Keep looking ‘round and can’t talk the skinny Like the clown brute from the Wild West Weekly indeed I’m tongue tied by words of love sorta' like a horse’s whinny Stella hooked-up with a sweet talkin' two-bit chiseler Who got his wiggle on the moment he saw her He made his shuck and I ran out of luck-Oh Calf Slobbers! Now my moon is hung low in my heart cuz’ I lost her My saddle feels like a hoosegow-my gitty-up gone I’ll hang fire and yarn the hours away But my heart is as empty as a Montana prairie song That I yodel everyday like some gypsy castaway January 21, 2021 Cowboy Poetry Poetry Contest Sponsored by Line Gauthier Glossary of Cowboy Terms: Plumb Good: the most well liked – the best Got the Mitten: rejected by a lover Flannel Mouthed: smooth talker Tenderfoot: an inexperienced newcomer Waddie: hired farmhand to tend cattle In Apple Pie Order: top shape, high quality Hand: a worker Fencin’: building and mending fences Herdin’: herding cattle Chewing Gravel: to be thrown from a horse Hoss: horse Owl headed steed: horse that keeps looking around everywhere Skinny: to make someone wink, laugh or smile Chiseler: a conman Shuck: lies and mistruths Hoosegow: jail Gitty up: to get up and go Hang Fire: To procrastinate, delay Yarn the hours away: tell long stories