Cowboy Poetry
of
RODEO COUNTRY
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The Rodeo has always been chock full of
fun, excitement, and some scary moments
thrown in just to take your breath away!
You’re in for a good time
from the parade down main-street, to the
big event in the Rodeo arena, and then,
that foot-stomping dance at the Grange
Hall.
You can feel the electricity and
camaraderie as folks who follow this
thrill seeking sport, gather once again
in streets and grandstands. Summertime
means "Rodeo Time", so come on along,
find a front row seat, and enjoy this
cowboy poetry web-site
devoted to PURE RODEO!
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AIN’T NOTHIN’
QUITE SO
LONELY
An old
abandoned
house it
was-
a
broken-hearted
place;
alone,
again, with
memories
that time
did not
erase.
As winds
raced
through its
attic,
you could
hear its
timbers
moan,
"Ain’t
nothin’
quite so
lonely
as a
Christmas
spent
alone."
And out upon
the prairie,
rode a
cowboy,
Christmas
day.
His wife had
long since
passed on;
and his kids
lived far
away.
Each
Christmas
left him
heartsick
like few
other days
he’d known.
Ain’t
nothin’
quite so
lonely
as a
Christmas
spent alone.
And up above
the prairie
through the
star-lit
clouds up
high,
Santa,
reindeer,
sleigh and
elves
were
traveling
‘cross the
sky.
Finished!
They were
finished!
Their task
was truly
daunting-
to visit
every
family,
and leave no
child a
wanting.
But, it left
his crew
bone-weary-
with a
journey home
ahead.
Exhausted,
drained, the
crew now
faced
the journey
home with
dread.
Tired, the
crew and
Santa too,
and
traveling
back so
slow,
when Santa
spied an
empty house
just
waiting,
down below.
Then Santa
made a
bee-line
for the
yard; and
parked his
sleigh.
He figured
that his
weary crew
would rest
there
Christmas
day.
The house
was just
ecstatic
when they
all walked
through its
door,
unpacked
their
sleighs, and
lit a fire,
and sacked
out on its
floor.
* * * * * *
* * * *
The cowboy
saw the
vacant
house,
with
curling,
chimney
smoke.
He figured
there was
someone
there
who fueled
the fire and
stoked.
With a pine
tree freshly
axed to give
the occupant
within,
he headed
for the
house with
hope
he’d be
invited in.
Well, Santa
and his crew
were pleased
to have a
Christmas
guest.
They asked
the man to
come on in
and stay
awhile and
rest.
The reindeer
dashed into
the house,
but no one
cared a fig.
The cowboy
yodeled up a
storm;
and Santa
danced a jig
Donner
played a
fiddle
and Vixen
played a
flute;
and Rudolph
on his new
tin horn
chimed in
with a toot.
Dancer
drummed an
old tin pan
and Prancer
sang a song;
and Rudolph
on his new
toy horn,
tooted right
along.
If you’re
wondering,
dear Reader,
just how
this story
ends-
well the
cowboy found
a nice, warm
house
with lots of
kindly
friends.
And the sad,
old house
was happy
and filled
with
Christmas
cheer;
and memories
that warmed
its heart
all through
the coming
year.
And Santa
long
remembered
stopping
there to
rest.
Indeed, he
thought that
Christmas
day
was just
about the
best.
He’d been
alone when
he got home
most
Christmas
days before.
They left
him feeling
empty
and wanting
something
more.
* * * ** * *
* * *
The
moral of
this story-
for there is
a moral
here-
about what
counts for
Christmas,
for that day
is drawing
near….
what counts
are friends
and family!
Gift are
over-blown!
Ain’t
nothin’
quite so
lonely
as a
Christmas
spent alone.
Bette Wolf
Duncan©2011 |
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INDEX
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COWBOYS DON'T CRY - B W
Duncan |
"ANTIQUE
BOOTS" - Clark Crouch |
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"RODEO
FEVER-
Woody
Woodruff
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"I
NEVER DID LIKE HIM FOR HIS BRAINS
"
Hilma Volk |
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"CHUGWATER
CHILI STORE"-
Jim Hawkins..... |
"JIM
GAY"-
David
Dill..... |
"THE BIG
PARADE" - Hal Swift |
"BODACIOUS"
- B W Duncan |
"THE
PARADE" - Stan Tixier |
"RIDING
BULL DURHAM" - Ken Whitecotton |
"BUGGER
RED"- Stan Tixier |
"OL' # 92"
- Rusty Feathers |
"THE
RED LODGE RODEO - B W Duncan |
"BULL
RIDER" - Rod Nichols |
"THE
EARTH'S A FICKLE MOMMA" - M. "Boots"
Robinson |
"MONTANA
IS....." - Mike Logan |
"IN THE
COWBOY HALL OF FAME" - T J Casey |
"BARREL
RACER" - Tamara Hillman |
"THE
MEASURE OF A MAN" - Rod Nichols |
"THE
LORD'S CREATION" - Dave Fisher |
"HOOKED
ON AN 8 SECOND RIDE" - -Chris
LeDeoux |
"COWBOY
RETIREMENT PROGRAM"- Dale"Doc" Hayes |
"RODEO'S
RENEGADE ROSES" - C."Lilbit" Devine |
"A
CLASS ACT" - Verlin Pitt- |
"BUCKIN'
BRONCOS" - Tamara Hillman |
"50
GALLON BULL" - Dave P. Fisher
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"ROCKET
AND THE FLEA" - Kym Eitel |
"THE RIDE" - Peggy Coleman |
"I'LL
NE'ER FORGET THAT DAY ,OLD MATE "-
Merv Webster |
"UNDER HIS ROOF" -
Nick Kissner |
"BULL
RIDIN' AIN'T EASY' - Hal Swift |
"ADRENALINE
RUSH- MATT'S STORY" - Jane Morton |
"WHISTLE
STOP" - Dave Fisher |
"8 SECONDS
FROM GLORY"-Bette Wolf Duncan |
"RIDIN'
BULL (7-1/2 SECONDS) - Charles W..
Bell |
"ADRENALIN
HIGH"-
Bette Wolf
Duncan |
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CREDITS - LINKS |
ABOUT THE WEBMASTER, B.W. Duncan |
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RODEO
DATA AND PHOTOS OF CHAMPIONS
(A click on
the star with the mouse'll take you
there.)
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Rodeo (1700 - 1910)
From the Spanish
Conquistadors to the
first formal rodeo. |
Red Lodge, MT
4th of July Rodeo Parade
photos |
Dan Mortenson and
Casey Tibbs, World
Champion Saddle Bronc
Riders....Photos |
Rodeo photos from
"MONTANA IS...." by Mike
Logan |
Bill and Bud
Linderman; Alice, Marge,
Turk and Deb Greenough;
Dan Mortenson- |
Data re: how stock
producers make horses
buck |
Antique rodeo photo
of Montana's Les
Fontaine, Early Bronc
rider. |
Photos
of The Northwest Junior
Rodeo Association (NJRA)
junior contestants |
Photos of Australian
Poddy Riding champion,
Callan Kendall |
Rodeo in Australia
with action photos
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Lane Frost -
(1963 - 1989 World
Champion Bullrider |
Bodacious, Champion
Rodeo Bull |
Rodeo Clowns and
Bull Fighters |
Chris Ledeoux, World
Champion Bronc Rider,
Singer and Sculptor |
Barrel Racing stars
- info and photo re:
Martha Josey, World
Champion |
Bull Fighting..photo
and data re: Lee Bellows |
Gene Krieg Creed, Tad
Lucas, and Alice and
Marge Greenough;
early women rodeo stars
Animal Rights and
Animal Welfare;
Professional Rodeo
Welfare Guidelines
Cowgirl Rodeo Riders of
the early 1900s;
featuring photos that
include Fox Hastings,
Rose Smith, Ruth Roach, Mabel
Strickland, Prairie Rose
Robins Henderson, and
Dorothy Morell. |


Dakota
by Bette Duncan
The
Louisiana
Territory,
purchased
for less
than 5¢
an acre,
was one
of
Thomas
Jefferson's
greatest
contributions
to his
country.
It
doubled
the size
of the
United
States
literally
overnight,
without
a war or
the loss
of a
single
American
life.
Dakota
presents
a bird’s
eye view
of the
transition
of a
segment
of the
Louisiana
Purchase
into the
states
of
Montana,
North
Dakota,
and
Wyoming.
Dakota
offers
historical
data
meshed
with
Western
poetry,
with
each one
of the
book’s
twenty-three
poems
contributing
a
relevant
insight.
Topics
covered
include
subjects
ranging
from the
Civil
War in
Montana,
to the
"Big
Die-Up"of
1886-1887,
to the
myth and
reality
of the
American
West, to
the end
of the
homesteading
era.
According
to the
author,
Dakota
is more
than a
collection
of
Western
verse-
it is a
raft
with
twenty-three
supporting
logs
that has
skimmed
o’er the
river of
Western
history.
Dakota
paints a
picture
of the
real
west and
some of
its
magnificent
people.
The
author,
Bette
Wolf
Duncan,
was born
and
raised
in
southeastern
Montana.
She is
the
granddaughter
of
Montana
homesteaders,
and the
great-granddaughter
of some
of the
earliest
settlers
in North
Dakota’s
Red
River
Valley.
Her late
husband’s
grandfather
was one
of the
early
ranchers
in
eastern
Montana.
Learn Western history through vivid details meshed with poetry!
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ISBN 13 (TP): 978-1-4568-5365-5
ISBN 13 (HB): 978-1-4568-5366-2
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or contact the author:
Bette Wolf Duncan
1755 S.E. 108th Street: Runnells, Iowa 50237
Tel. 1-515-966-2461
email - wacobelle@msn.com
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can
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RUSSELL
COUNTRY
and/or
RODEO
COUNTRY
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Publications
1755
S.E.
108th
Runnells,
IA
50237
(515)
966
2461
Or
by
e-mail:
wacobelle@msn.com
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