Anyone remember S. Omar Barker? Classic cowboy poet -- died around 1985, I think.

Anyway, back in 1962 (when I was about12) I memorized a short poem of his that had run in Western Horseman magazine. Starts out "They asked me what's a rodeo, I told 'em that I knowed / But to put it into language was a job that had me throwed."

Anyway, I quote it reasonably often from memory (twice this weekend, appropriately after "Night Rider's Lament" both times in different company), but I haven't been able to find a copy of the poem and I'm not sure I completely trust my memory.

Anyone have a copy? Know which of S. Omar Barker's books it's in? I can PM the words as I remember them, if that helps.

Thanks!
Linn