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Refurbished Legends: Pecos Bill Or Tall In the Saddle

There is a legend of a cowboy down in Texas To whom they give the sobriquet of Pecos Bill. It's said he rooted and he tooted As across the plains he scooted, Stetsoned, jeaned, bowlegged, and booted, Pursuing cows and wooing gals As was his skill. The story goes one day while Bill was out romancing, A cyclone came and rudely whisked the gal away. He hopped atop the thing to ride it, Quickly lassoed and hogtied it, Then none the worse for wear and tear and rough foreplay, Out stepped the gal, And Pecos Bill had saved the day. Now, legends often tend to get a bit inflated, And this one here is no exception to the rule. Some say it's too exaggerated, I say it's well imaginated. Like alimony oilmen often pay their exes, Things are always so much bigger down in Texas. Of course, it's hogwash, rubbish, bunk, And yet how often have I thunk That the tale of Pecos Bill is kinda cool.

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Date: 6/10/2023 4:38:00 PM
Jim, I thoroughly enjoyed your tall tale! Great rhyming and rhythm! Blessings, Kim M
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Jim Slaughter
Date: 6/11/2023 10:05:00 AM
Kim, thank you...and Bill and his gal thank you, too.
Date: 6/10/2023 12:12:00 PM
Are you a Texan, Jim? If so, we're neighbors, and I imagine you wearing a white Stetson.
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Jim Slaughter
Date: 6/10/2023 1:47:00 PM
Thanks, Lin. Yes, I was born and reared in Texas, but I've been an Ozarkan for 20 years, now, and I've never really been much of a "hat" guy.
Date: 6/10/2023 11:26:00 AM
A very entertaining tale, Jim! Love the rhyme of “imaginated” and “exaggerated!”
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Jim Slaughter
Date: 6/10/2023 1:47:00 PM
Ilene, thanks. I'm rather pleased with those, myself.

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