A Cowboy Doesn't Whine

A Cowboy Doesn’t Whine

By Mike Williams

He dreamed he was a cowboy

When he went on his first ride

But he fell and landed mighty hard

When his pony bucked and shied

He cried out for his mother

He was only four or five

But his dad said “get back on that horse

A cowboy doesn’t whine”

When he was a teenager

The girl of his dreams

Left him for the captain

Of the high school football team

He wanted to go after her

To beg her for more time

But he just let her walk away

“A cowboy doesn’t whine.”

He rode the open rangelands

For ranches big and small

Rank horses, wild cattle

He cowboy’d through it all

No matter what the weather

Rain, snow, sleet or shine

You’d never hear him grumble

“A cowboy doesn’t whine”

He finally built his own heard

Buying cattle one buy one

Then the worst drought in fifty years

Made him think he might be done

He cowboy’d up and made it through

Though he didn’t have a dime

He just took things day by day

“A cowboy doesn’t whine”

So next time that you see him

When he comes into town

He’s got a limp, his back is stiff

And his pickup trucks broke down

You ask him how he’s doing

He tells you that he’s fine

You know why he’s lying

“A cowboy doesn’t whine”                                                      By Mike Williams