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 I saw them go; one horse was blind,
 The tails of both hung down behind,
  Their shoes read more 
 I saw them go; one horse was blind,
 The tails of both hung down behind,
  Their shoes were on their feet. 
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. read more
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.
 Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove 
it.
 Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve read more 
 Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove 
it.
 Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy 
her.
  Briggs of Turlumme owned her. Did you know Briggs of Turlumme?--
   Busted hisself in White Pine and blew out his brains down in 
Frisco? 
Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.
Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.
 And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they 
run.
 [Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit read more 
 And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they 
run.
 [Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit ungula campum.] 
An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.
An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.
 His neck is high and erect, his head replete with intelligence, 
his belly short, his back full, and his read more 
 His neck is high and erect, his head replete with intelligence, 
his belly short, his back full, and his proud chest swells with 
hard muscles.
 [Lat., Ardua cervix,
  Argumtumque caput, brevis alvos, obessaque terga,
   Luxuriatque toris animosum pectus.] 
Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.
A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.