COWBOYS & INDIANS

THE HORSES PRAYER
OH MASTER MY DAY IS DRAWING NEAR I KNOW.  I'VE LIVED A GOOD LIFE AN ALWAYS DONE AS MY BOSS WANTED.  FOR THAT I'VE HAD FEED,WATER,AN SHELTER.  AN NOW WHEN MY USEFUL STRENGTH IS GONE I'M PENSIONED TO A GOOD GREEN PASTURE.  I RECKON THAT'S A HEAP MORE THAN LOTS OF HORSES GITS.  FERGET TH BLUNDERS AN MISTAKES I MADE IN MY YOUTH, GOSH THAT 
HAPPENS T'ANYONE, EVEN HORSES. DOESN'T IT?

NOW I'VE HEARED OF TH' HEARAFTER NEVER THOUGHT MUCH OF IT TILL NOW-- BUT PLEASE IF THERE IS ONE.  TURN ME LOOSE ON TH' RANGE T'WORK AS I HAVE HERE TH'SMELL TH' WOOD SMOKE FROM A BRANDIN FIRE AN HEAR TH' CATTLE BAWL MID TH' SMELL OF BURNING HAIR-- THAT'S ALL I ASK- PLEASE--IN TH' NAME OF WE WHO WERE BORN IN A STABLE.
AMEN