The Mattus Barn

A barn southwest of Central Butte Could be seen for miles around Upon a hill, and that was how The Mattus place was found A big and very well used barn With lots of stock and feed Pride of the Prairie West Winds Farms A sentinel indeed In the big bad wind of seventy-six The Mattus place was rocked Left Jean and Joan without a home With John and Loretta shocked And so the plans for their new shop Became a barn instead A stately straight white structure Instead of plain old red The big new barn soon came to know The routine of the old With dances held up on the loft More shelter from the cold An insulated calving room New tack room ‘neath the stairs With many new adjusting pens Real forward thinking there The new barn has served for many years Just like the old one had Still in the Mattus family With Sheldon, Ron’s first lad While other barns are leaning now And threaten to fall down The Mattus barn is straight and tall The sturdiest around That barn southwest of Central Butte Can be seen for miles around Upon a hill, it still is how The Mattus place is found Written by Jan Berger adapted for music by Mike Martin