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OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS by ARTHUR CHAPMAN

First Line: OUT WHERE THE HANDCLASP'S A LITTLE STRONGER
Last Line: THAT'S WHERE THE WEST BEGINS.
Subject(s): COWBOYS; PATRIOTISM; RANCH LIFE; WEST (U.S.); SOUTHWEST; PACIFIC STATES;
OUT WHERE the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins;
Out where the sun is a little brighter,
Where the snows that fall are a trifle whiter,
Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter, --
That's where the West begins.

Out where the skies are a trifle bluer,
Out where friendship's a little truer,
That's where the West begins;
Out where a fresher breeze is blowing,
Where there's laughter in every streamlet flowing,
Where there's more of reaping and less of sowing, --
That's where the West begins.

Out where the world is in the making,
Where fewer hearts in despair are aching,
That's where the West begins;
Where there's more of singing and less of sighing,
Where there's more of giving and less of buying,
And a man makes friends without half trying --
That's where the West begins.



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