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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COWBOY'S VALENTINE, by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS Poet's Biography First Line: Ay, moll, now don't you 'llow to quite Last Line: The [valentine symbol] m-I-n-e. Subject(s): Cowboys; Holidays; Ranch Life; Valentine's Day; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States | |||
SAY, Moll, now don't you 'llow to quit A-playin' maverick? Sech stock should be corralled a bit An' hev a mark 't 'll stick. Old Val's a-roundin'-up today Upon the Sweetheart Range, 'N me a-helpin', so to say, Though this yere herd is strange To me —'n yit, ef I c'd rope Jes one to wear my brand I'd strike f'r Home Ranch on a lope, The happiest in the land. Yo' savvy who I'm runnin' so, Yo' savvy who I be; Now, can't yo' take that brand — yo' know,— The [Valentine symbol] M-I-N-E. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WESTERN WAGONS by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DRIVING WEST IN 1970 by ROBERT BLY IN THE HELLGATE WIND by MADELINE DEFREES A PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY by EDWARD DORN ASSORTED COMPLIMENTS by EDWARD DORN AT THE COWBOY PANEL by EDWARD DORN A POE-'EM OF PASSION by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS |
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