Hi Kendall....in keeping with our mutual love of cowboy and western songs; here's one, though not old or traditional, that I've been carrying in my guitar case for about three years, now determined to learn it....composed ten or fifteen years ago by Ian Tyson; possibly about a legendary Texas cowboy named Tom Blasingame....you have to hear the lovely melody to truly appreciate it, but anyway...


Tom's the name, Tom Blasingame,
Eighty-five years in the saddle
Seen eighty-five years through a cow horse's ears
Whilst chasin' the wild bovine

So you thought they're all gone; there's still one hangin' on
Tied hard and fast to the memories
Might' near the only one, could tell us how she got done
Whilst chasin' the wild bovine

There's eight million cattle on ten thousand hills
Guess no man can ride for them all
Still, Tom lopes along, through the rocks and the rills
Followin' the old cattle call

The Cross S, the Five L's, the big Double O's
The Matadors in Texas, and God only knows
What a wonderful life, what a wonderful game
'Hair on ya, Tom Blasingame

Now, Tom, he says that a man's true joy
Is in work that a man loves to do
So, if I understand, Tom's the right joyous man
So Tom, here's a-lookin' at you

Tom's the name, Tom Blasingame,
Eighty-five years in the saddle
Seen eighty-five years through a cow-horse's ears
A-chasin' the wild bovine