When the West Was Legend

Few now look back on those times that are gone When Hoodoo and Rudebaugh rode rough stock; When Clantons and Cowboys carved out Tombstone And the West was legend with Wyatt and Doc. There's Jesse amd Frank and Youngers of course-- Daltons and Wild Bunch and many forgot; Billy the Kid and that Wild Bill Hickok-- John Wesley Hardin: another hard lot. Too few now know of old Buffalo Bill-- Cowboys are just jokes and those to be feared; Good western movies are rare and too few-- Ranch land is shrinking and too often cleared. The Old West is fading and few give a damn-- Long gone are Bat Masterson and Luke Short; There's no more Blackjack Ketchem or Black Bart-- Belle Starr's forgotten and Judge Roy Bean's court. Few now look back on those times that are gone When Hoodoo and Rudebaugh rode rough stock; When Clantons and cowboys carved out Tombstone And the West was legend with Wyatt and Doc.