Posted by Dicho. First printed in "Songs of the Saddlemen," S. Omar Barker, 1954. Reprinted in "Cowboy Poetry," S. Omar Barker, 1998, pp. 196-197, numbered edition, Cowboy Miner Productions, Phoenix. Also in Katie Lee, previous posting by Dicho. S. Omar Barker, 1894-1985. Asked for a biography, he submitted this doggerel:
Barker born one Junish morn in 1894. (Beulah, New Mexico) Started riding horses about the age of four. Raised among the cowfolks of New Mexico, and then Started writin' yarns about the horseback men. Forest ranger, soldier, and one-time legislator, Spanish teacher for a while, but mostly a narrator Of cowboy stories in a hundred mags, almost, Including Ranch Romances and the well-knowh Sat. Eve. Post. His wife is Elsa Barker, also in the writin' biz. Their home is in Las Vegas- New Mexico that is.