Duncan Williams
25th Aug 2007, 09:23 AM
G'day, I'am wishing for the opening of a poetry section for this site, where poets can share there poems and stories on horse related themes and topics of interest to readers and members of new rider.
Duncan Williams. (Australia)
International bush poet and Author.
THE HORSEMAN AND THE BRONC.
He marked his reputation,he was known through the west,
A thick set stock-horse colt, who had bucked his very best,
And the stockmen on the station, who tried to ride the colt,
Feared only for their safety, from his vicious strike and bolt.
So the stockmen told the manager, about the vices in the horse,
The way he bucked in mid-air, and how he bolted round with force.
So they put their heads together, and decided what to do,
To bring in the buck-jump rider, who would see the contract through.
Well they heard about this horseman, who was known far and wide,
His legs were bowed and bandy, you could tell that he could ride.
He wore a small brimmed stetson, and the high heeled boots,
And his face was hard and weathered, from a life behind the chutes.
So he signed up for the contract, to educate this vicious colt,
Which was bred out on the station, that could buck and kick and bolt.
He stood there by the stockyard, and the colt he pawed the ground,
Then he got the rope around him, and he choked the outlaw down.
When the outlaw came to senses, with the bag he rubbed him round,
And lunged him in the stockyard, then the outlaw came quite sound.
He slowly girthed the colt up, he had brought the colt to sense,
Kept upon the horse's guard, and lunged him up and down the fence.
When he knew the colt was ready, he rode him out along the track,
For a while he worked with cattle, with the horseman on his back.
The manager seemed quite happy, that the outlaw now was sound,
Yes it's the story of a horseman, who had tamed a bronco down.
(c) Duncan Williams
Duncan Williams. (Australia)
International bush poet and Author.
THE HORSEMAN AND THE BRONC.
He marked his reputation,he was known through the west,
A thick set stock-horse colt, who had bucked his very best,
And the stockmen on the station, who tried to ride the colt,
Feared only for their safety, from his vicious strike and bolt.
So the stockmen told the manager, about the vices in the horse,
The way he bucked in mid-air, and how he bolted round with force.
So they put their heads together, and decided what to do,
To bring in the buck-jump rider, who would see the contract through.
Well they heard about this horseman, who was known far and wide,
His legs were bowed and bandy, you could tell that he could ride.
He wore a small brimmed stetson, and the high heeled boots,
And his face was hard and weathered, from a life behind the chutes.
So he signed up for the contract, to educate this vicious colt,
Which was bred out on the station, that could buck and kick and bolt.
He stood there by the stockyard, and the colt he pawed the ground,
Then he got the rope around him, and he choked the outlaw down.
When the outlaw came to senses, with the bag he rubbed him round,
And lunged him in the stockyard, then the outlaw came quite sound.
He slowly girthed the colt up, he had brought the colt to sense,
Kept upon the horse's guard, and lunged him up and down the fence.
When he knew the colt was ready, he rode him out along the track,
For a while he worked with cattle, with the horseman on his back.
The manager seemed quite happy, that the outlaw now was sound,
Yes it's the story of a horseman, who had tamed a bronco down.
(c) Duncan Williams