[adeel420] > > >Subject: a cowboy's night before Christmasa cowboy's night before Christmas

From: LTC <mshaqeel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: adeel420@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 17:20:38 +0000 (GMT)

> > >'Twas just before Santy came, the story is told.
> > >Cattle weren't stirrin', fact they's bunched
against the cold.
> > >
> > >The tack was hung near the chuckwagon with care.
> > >Why, we didn't know Santy was close anywhere.
> > >
> > >Cowboys on the ground were wishin' for their beds
> > >While nightmares of wild steers ran through their
heads.
> > >
> > >'Tween now and the next gather, we needed a nap.
> > >Cookie had just finished, and tied down the flap.
> > >
> > >When out past the cavvy, there rose such a fuss,
> > >I sprang to my feet, leavin' the bedroll a muss,
> > >
> > >And grabbin' my shotgun and my ragged ol' hat
> > >I run t'ward the racket thinkin' "...what'n
thunder's that?"
> > >
> > >When thoughts of amazement through my head
courses,
> > >It was a buckboard teamed up with draft horses,
> > >
> > >A driver in red buckskins, so spry and dainty,
> > >I know'd in an instant, it must be ol' Santy.
> > >
> > >Quicker than jackrabbits, them horses they came,
> > >And, he's shoutin' commands to each one by
name...
> > >
> > >"Get a step, Joe!. One more, Prince!. On, Big Ed!
> > >Pick it up, Sam!  Tighten up, Lou! On, Old Ned!
> > >
> > >Don't spook the cavvy, back away from them pens,
> > >You're a pullin' this wagon like a bunch of ol'
hens!
> > >
> > >Now, when I haul on these lines I mean to stop.
> > >Hold up in this cow-camp like a ton of cow flop!"
> > >
> > >They sat down in their riggin', like I knew they
would,
> > >With a wagon of goodies ... made of leather and
wood.
> > >
> > >Then, in a twinklin' with no further delay,
> > >He said, "Back it up, boys, this here ain't no
sleigh".
> > >
> > >I couldn't believe my ears, and lookin' around,
> > >Off that wagon ol' Santy came with a bound.
> > >
> > >He was short, and his chinks reached near to his
toes.
> > >He was happy and fat, with a little red nose.
> > >
> > >There was a ton of packages and some new tack,
> > >And, ol' Santy was carryin' it all on his back.
> > >
> > >His eyes sort of bloodshot, much like a cherry,
> > >  From 'rastlin' them horses clean across the
prairie.
> > >
> > >His lips was plumb puckered, his mouth drawn and
droll,
> > >(Mine got that way, the day I swallered my
Skoal.)
> > >
> > >He was holdin' a piggin' string tight in his
teeth,
> > >Not fer' tie down, but for tyin' 'up' a fine
wreath.
> > >
> > >His head was too big and he had a round belly,
> > >No doubt derived from eatin' Texas Chili.
> > >
> > >He's chubby and plump all right, I'd say quite
jolly.
> > >I laughed plumb out loud when I seen him, by
golly.
> > >
> > >He winked his bloodshot eye, and spat 'tween his
lips,
> > >And, it made me to know we were all in the chips.
> > >
> > >He weren't much for chatter, just done what was
due,
> > >Givin' presents and goodies to the whole durn
crew.
> > >
> > >Then, he stuck his finger in his wee little ear,
> > >Wallered it around and said, "We're through bein'
here".
> > >
> > >He fled to the wagon, and his team called 'em up,
> > >"Come on you swaybacks ... what's the dad-burn
holdup?
> > >
> > >We won't be back till next year 'cause we're flat
broke.
> > >Merry Christmas, my eye, I just busted a spoke!" 

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