Tonight, in this big busy city,
So far from the home I have known,
I am filled with a sadness and longing-
Mid thousands I am lost and alone.
I am pining for my old desert homestead,
Where the moon and the starts shine so bright;
To again smell the sage and the greasewood,
While the coyotes howl through the night.
When the flowers of the desert are blooming,
And the swallow is building its nest
Where the high guardian peaks are a-looming
O’er my old desert home in the west.
There soon again I’ll be drifting
When the hummingbird takes to the wing,
Where the restless sands are a-shifting,
When desert flowers bloom in the spring.
I long for the creak of a saddle,
And I yearn for the touch of the reins;
I pine for the buzzing sidewinder,
And the free running blood in my veins.
I listen for the call of the eagle,
And the music of myriad things;
I crave for a drink of the water
That flows from the alkaline springs.
I miss the blessing and the hardships,
The freedom of the wild desert lands;
And I miss the mirage that pictures
A beautiful lake on its sands.
I am going back to the homestead,
I am counting the days, every one;
Till again I can gaze in the distance
At an amber and gold setting sun.
(Curley Fletcher)
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