The sodden slopes are turnin’ green
Where grassy shoots are peepin’ out’
The purtiest site you ever seen–
It makes a cowman want to shout!
The cattle snuff the warm south air,
An’ calves are friskin’ ev’rywhere.
Each dry arroyo tinkles now
With music of a singin’ stream;
IT kind o’ seems to me somehow
Like Nature wakin’ from a dream,
An’ rubbin of her eyes, an’ then
A-donnin’ her spring duds again,
The dusty sagebrush sheds it stains
Of powdery, pungent alkali,
An’ at the comin’ of the rains
It seems to give a heartfelt sigh,
An’ shake itself a time er two
An’ then bloom out in garments new.
The bunkhouse rings with joyous shouts!
There ain’t a puncher feelin’ sore,
Er even grouchy hereabouts,
Sence all the range waked up once more!
Jest hear ’em singin’ as they ride
A-lopin’ ‘crost that big divide!
An’ ev’ry bronco’s wide awake,
An’ gingery as he kin be;
They’ll liven up an’ no mistake,
When they hev browsed on filaree!
There ain’t a spot on earth, by jing,
Like this cow ranch in early spring!
(Earl Alonzo Brininstool)
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