LITTLE COWBOY

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I told them he was much too young

To go on a cattle drive

My dimpled little cowboy

Had barely just turned five

And a cattle drive is much to rough

For a little guy who thinks he’s tough

My pleas they were just not enough

To keep my little cowboy home

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My husband had a hard life
Worked his fingers to the bone
To give his only Son and I
A big ranch and fancy home

Lord I’d give back everything
And live in an old dirt shack
Just to hold a little cowboy
Who’s never coming back

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I told them he was much too young

To go on a cattle drive

My dimpled little cowboy

Had barely just turned five

And a cattle drive is much to rough

For a little guy who thinks he’s tough

My pleas they were just not enough

To keep my little cowboy home

 ~~*~~

His Daddy cries out in his sleep
Many times each night
Reliving the nightmare
That took our child’s life

Our little cowboy didn't have
The knowledge to fear
The onset of a stampede
A frightened long-horned steer

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I’ll never hold his chubby hand
Or see him smile at me
All that’s left of my little cowboy
Is what’s in my memories

Lord we never had the chance
To tell our Son goodbye
Please hug that little cowboy
Every time he gallops by
 

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I knew that he was much too young

To go on that cattle drive

Now our dimpled little cowboy

Forever will be five

The future will be much too rough

For parents who've endured so much

Lord I know your love is quite enough

To keep our little cowboy home

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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