Cowboy Heaven

Oh, I can't really move without that cup of coffee, I just do it, do all my dressing in bed. This is if you don't dress in bed. being a cowboy well it's just something that gets in your blood and that but uh anybody that tries it and stays at it for very long they'll get in their blood and it's just something you just have to do it's a way of life it's not just a job it's a whole way of life you've got to love it to stay in it it's just to love that's all it is one job All the wranglers will get up about 4 o'clock to go get the horses, and the rest of the crew will get up somewhere around 5. Breakfast is at 5.30. Right after breakfast we go out and catch horses. Everybody saddles up and we're gone.

Get in there! Eight! Shish! Nine! Go on! All right. How are you, Lenny? Pretty good.

Got one more. Yeah! Hey! Feel it. Some fish didn't want to come. It didn't want to do nothing. It's got to be the best feeling in the world. Just like a millionaire riding in his Cadillac, cowboy loves it. He lives on a horse. There's a lot of people in the world that would trade everything they got to do that. Horse trotting, good horse under you, sun coming up, beautiful scenery, spurs jingling, little cool brisk wind maybe it's just makes all the hardships and what not a feller has to go through worthwhile. The American cowboy is a nature lover and he loves animals.

None of them work for the money they make because it's one of the lowest paid occupations there is. The hours are long and the heat is bad and the cold is bad. So the only way you can boil it down is that he loves his work. If you're riding a good horse, why, it feels like you're on top of the world. There's just Mother Nature around you everywhere you look. each man has six horses in his string he takes them and treats them like his own horses it's a little short ride he might ride his bronc or if it's a long hard ride that he'll catch a tough horse or if it's in the rocks you'll catch his rock horse whatever the job might Each man usually has a horse that's pretty well suited to the job.

Any cowboy that has worked with horses a long time, and especially if he's had some of his own horses can get sometimes to attach to some of these horses. A horse and a man almost get to be one individual. He just becomes a part of you, you know.

When you get to working around cattle and horses, they've got minds of their own. And a lot of times they don't do exactly what you expect them to. You're not working with machines that have no mind that you can control completely. If a machine gets you, it's usually by something that you messed up on. I guess it's fairly dangerous. Well, I've heard it said before that a rope and a gun are just alike.

Only one goes on and the other goes off. if you're on a real spooky bronchi horse and have to rope something you might get wound up in the rope and have if there's no one there to get the rope cut get you out of it you're in a quite a jackpot falling is one of the most dangerous parts a horse falling with you that would probably be the leading cause of death in cowboys is a rope Well the old cowboys must have been tough son of guns, a lot of them never slept under a roof in their life. And I think too that they were probably the hippies of their day, the rebels, that's what I think. In their time, people probably looked down on the cowboy as an outlaw, as a rebel, and that's what he was. He did what he wanted and didn't give it down to anybody else, but it's still the same way today.

They're independent sons of guns. They do what suits them. They're never mean or small, but they are very independent. They've got a mind of their own. Just like the cattle and horses, I was telling you about. They've got a mind of their own. How do you break down some more? Ah, no, thank you. That was sure good. Save the day, gentlemen. Come get that Edison?

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All right. In Tucumcari, New Mexico, you're listening to the voice of cow country, K-Cow Radio. Mountain daylight savings time is 9 minutes past 12 noon. Our midday temperature is 160 degrees. Don't you know we've got another hot one today. The noonday news briefs are brought to you by Third Street Market, where a fast nickel beats a slow dime every time. You get the best value on all your grocery needs.

If it's a fine quality beefsteak you're looking for, we've got it. How about savings on flour for your bacon needs, whether it's for them flour dough biscuits or tartillas? Remember, we're the working man's friend. Here's the livestock report. Feeder steers, 400 to 600 pounds, are going for $40 per hundred weight. Slaughter steers weighing between 1,050 and 1,225 pounds are selling at $41.40 per hundred weight. Don't forget now, there's a special this week at Quickmark. There's not a better place in Quaid County to get your 4th of July fireworks. We've got Sky Rockets, Barklers, and all sorts of firecrackers. We've got them all, and we have them in special family packs. Now it's time for trading calls. Over at the XX Bar Ranch, John Hanks says that he's got a cow and calf. He'd like to trade for an old pickup truck. So if there's anyone out there with a truck in pretty good shape, give John a call. He'd sure appreciate it. And I know it's why Susie will, too, because she's awfully tired riding down that old horse they got, all right? Up in Roy in Harding County, there's going to be a big rodeo this Saturday.

It's sponsored by the Future Farmers, and it's going to last all day long, if you can stay in the heat, that is. It's sure been a long, hot summer, hasn't it? Anyway, there's going to be bronc riding, calf roping, and bull riding and bulldog. It's going to be a real fun day, and those local boys, they're real tough to pet her. They sure like a big crowd out there whooping and hollering for them. so y'all come on up there'll be a barbecue dinner and everyone can visit then after the rodeo don't forget about the dance with a fine band coming down from raptone you can dance to your favorite music this band by the way i've heard them play before they can do all them old dancing too and i guess they can play some of them old rock and roll things too for the young kids so this sarady and roy there's a rodeo a barbecue dinner and a dance so come on into town and make a nice day of it all Well, let's have some more music. We'll start out with a picked hit from 1972. Rex Allen Jr. sings, Teardrop, In My Heart. It's pretty hard to get long for your horse-tied is less than that long, isn't it?

Oh, they're going out through the brush, and I thought Crockett was chasing loose. He's right behind me. It should be in the hood, wasn't it? Hey, Carol, bring a wool bag here. Just give him a little water factor. Relax. Relax. Tell him you got it. Yes, sir. Carol. I'm sure we've got about to make it. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I don't know if we're going to get this afternoon.

I think we'll just leave out that old Dabby drive with them and kick them out. Are they just three or four? I see. They'll be fine. Let them go. This bar you can see. The bar should have a lot of fun around mules. It's funny, Governor. Have you seen the pictures of the Dalton section? I'll keep riding, hiding, teardrops in my heart. Just leave the bulls in here and bend the cows right there.

And the way they're gonna walk their campers and all, we'll brand up on this end. I think they're gonna have to check those guys in there anyway. We'll go out here and see if we can. It is always hot and dusty in June in the branding corrals. We never seem to get any rain before branding time. Once we get into the pens and start the branding, we use two men horseback dragging the calves up and usually either three or four sets of what we call flankers.

There's a man to do the branding, there's a man to do the dehorning, and one to do the castration, and one to do the vaccination. And with a crew like that, once we start, we average about two calves a minute. You get 300, 350 calves in the crel, and know you've got to get it done, and just start getting it. Well, that's when it gets fun, it's when things really start clicking, when the ropers are hitting and they got a calf there about every 20 seconds or something like that and you're hitting the ground with every one of them just like they're supposed to be and just keep keep that up for three or four or five hours however long it takes well that's when it really gets good because everybody's is on their toes jumping and they know they got to be there because somebody else will have while you left away at home. This looks like my little place.

Oh, there's another one of them son of a bitches. Oh. Everybody wears glasses when they take them off. I want to see my hands still sticking out. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Get down, man. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Don't play. Are you serious? No, I don't want nothing to say. I don't think I could stand to see too many people I was raised in a small town and even in that small town, I got tired of the people. The people out here are completely different than your city folks. They've got a heart as big as your hat. And I just couldn't see living with all those people, people passing on the streets every day shoulder to shoulder

and nobody stops to say hello. The world's strangers. There's nothing there for me. Thank you. Oh, I was helping Jack with this one.

I did. He kicked me before I ever got up there. He kicked me to keep that. He's all yours. Right? Is that one of your more favorite pastimes, Jack? Uh-uh. Why not? I'm a cowboy I guess I'm obsessed with it I can't well my whole life is cowboys cattle and horses that's all I'm interested in I like music and a lot of things but my main

interest in life is what I do. Days off I'll be painting cowboys or roping steers or whatever. I'm not interested in anything else. Nothing else suits me. Hey, what's up, Brujo? Brujo! Come to the vista! Little brown gem. Oh

We'll be right back. Cowboy Heaven would be a beautiful country, have lots of cattle, lots of horses, and the

One of the best cow punchers in the world to work with. Groping Brandon, gathering a beef. That would be cowboy heaven. Que alegre merecía Que alegre merecía Te voy a hacer tus canzones Como los que usa el ranchero De los comienzos de lana

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