“On a ten dollar horse and a forty dollar saddle; Ridin' and a punchin' them Texas cattle,
“We left old Texas October twenty-third; Drivin' up the trail with a U-2 herd,
“I jumped in the saddle an' I grabbed a-hold the horn, The best darned cowpuncher ever was born.
“I was on my best horse, and a going on the run; The quickest shootin' cowboy that ever pulled a gun,” — John Lomax, author of “Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads.”