{"id":815,"date":"2010-10-07T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T21:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duncansonelectric.com\/blog\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2012-10-28T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T15:31:47","slug":"bad-brahma-bull","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.duncansonelectric.com\/blog\/bad-brahma-bull\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Bad Brahma Bull<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 by Curley Fletcher (1892-1954)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was snappin out broncs at the Old Flyin’ U,
\nAt forty a month, a plum good buckaroo.
\nWhen the boss came around and he says, hey my lad,
\nWell you look pretty good ridin’ horses that’s bad.
\nYou see, I ain’t got no more outlaws to break,
\nBut I’ll buy you a ticket and give you a stake.
\nAt ridin’ them bad uns, well you ain’t so slow,
\nAnd you might do some good at the big rodeo.<\/span><\/p>\n

While they’re puttin’ the bull into the chute,
\nI’m strappin’ my spurs to the heels of my boots.
\nI look that bull over and to my surprise,
\nIt’s a foot and a half in between his two eyes.
\nOn top of his shoulders he’s got a big hump.
\nI cinches my riggin’ just back of that lump.
\nI lites in his middle and lets out a scream.
\nHe comes out with a beller and the rest is a dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well he jumps to the left and he lands towards the right.
\nBut I ain’t no green horn – I’m still sittin’ tight.
\nThe dust starts to foggin’ right out of his skin.
\nHe’s a wavin’ them horns right under my chin.
\nAt a sunnin’ his belly he couldn’t be beat.
\nHe’s a showin’ the buzzards the soles of his feet.
\nHe’s a dippin’ so low that my boots filled with dirt.
\nHe’s a makin’ a whip of the tail of my shirt.<\/span><\/p>\n

He’s a snappin’ the buttons right off of my clothes,
\nA buckin’ and a bawlin’ and a blowin’ his nose.
\nThe crowd was a cheerin’ both me and that bull.
\nHe needed no help, while I had my hands full.
\nThen he went to fence rowin’ and a weavin’ behind.
\nMy head starts to snappin’ – I sorta went blind.
\nHe starts in high divin’ – I lets out a groan,
\nWe went up together, but he comes back alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Up high I turns over and below I can see,
\nHe’s a pawin’ up dirt just a waitin’ for me.
\nI can picture a grave and a big slab of wood,
\nSayin’ here lies the twister who thought he was good.
\nThen I notices somethin’ don’t seem can be true,
\nThat the brand on his hip was a big Flyin’ U.
\nWhen I landed he charged, but I got enough sense,
\nTo outrun that old bull to the hole in the fence.<\/span><\/p>\n

I dives through that hole and I want you to know,
\nI ain’t goin’ back to no Wild West show.
\nAt a straddlin’ them brahmas you can bet I’m all through
\nI’m sore footin’ it back to the old Flyin’ U.<\/span><\/p>\n

———————————————<\/span><\/p>\n

And here\u2019s a link to the tune as sung by Tex Ritter: <\/span>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FwaNmvvqaKM<\/a><\/p>\n

— Joe Duncanson – 7 October, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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