| 1910 - 434 pages
...it will probably be without the proper earmarks, for as he says : Perhaps I will be a stray cowboy, A maverick, unbranded on high, And get cut in the bunch with the "rustles," When the Boss of the Riders goes by. And again, Last night as I lay on the prairie, And... | |
| Albert Shaw - 1911 - 908 pages
...sometimes thinks of the future We is indicated in the following lines: » Perhaps I will be a stray cowboy, A maverick, unbranded on high. And get cut in the...the "rustics," When the Boss of the Riders goes by. Last night as I lay on the prairie. And looked up at the stars in the sky, 1 wondered if ever a cowboy... | |
| Albert Shaw - 1911 - 1028 pages
...sometimes thinks of the future life is indicated in the following lines: Perhaps I will be a stray cowboy, A maverick, unbranded on high, And get cut in the bunch with the "rustles," When the Boss of the Riders goes by. Last night as I lay on the prairie, And looked up at... | |
| Anita P. Forbes - 1920 - 328 pages
...with a rope to the round-up, Or get marked with some crooked man's brand. And I'm scared that I'll be a stray yearling, — A maverick, unbranded on...Riders goes by. For they tell of another big owner Who's ne'er overstocked, so they say, But who always makes room for the sinner Who drifts from the... | |
| Harriet Monroe - 1920 - 400 pages
...about the hereafter in terms amusingly translated from his daily occupation: And I'm scared that I'll be a stray yearling, A maverick unbranded on high,...the "rustics," When the Boss of the Riders goes by. He carries the same terminology into his courtship songs, and thereby creates a new idiom. About this... | |
| Will Croft Barnes - 1920 - 276 pages
...just managed to live through the winter. tQuirt, a short, heavy Mexican riding-whip used by cowboys. "For they tell of another big owner, Who is ne'er...say, But who always makes room for the sinner, Who strays from that bright, narrow way." As the closing words floated out on the cool night air, I turned... | |
| 1921 - 228 pages
...with a rope to the round-up, Or get marked with some crooked man's brand. And I'm scared that I'll be a stray yearling, . A maverick, unbranded on high,...Riders goes by. For they tell of another big owner Who 's ne'er overstocked, so they say, But who always makes room for the sinner Who drifts from the straight,... | |
| 1921 - 238 pages
...about the Hereafter in terms amusingly translated from his daily occupation: And I'm scared that I'll be a stray yearling, A maverick unbranded on high,...the " rustics". When the boss of the riders goes by. He carried the same terminology into his courtship songs, and indeed into all his songs, and thereby... | |
| 1921 - 1022 pages
...going East with them, but with startling grimness came the seventh verse: " And I'm scared that I'll be a stray yearling, — A maverick, unbranded on...' rustics ' When the Boss of the Riders goes by." Olla returned Steve's occasional glances during the singing as though she would be proud to pull some... | |
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