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
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