This Old Cowboy

"This Old Cowboy"

He grew up in one of the smallest Texas towns,
Workin' hard on the farm 'til the sun would go down,
He had a little pony he road to school that would buck
him off on the way,
And his old friends from school still call him tuffy
to this very day,
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This old cowboy is wise beyond his days,
This old cowboy will never change his ways,
If you know him well, you'll admire the way he lives,
And if I ever make it to 80, I hope to be half the man
he is,
He joined the navy at 17 to fight in WWII,
Nobody made him it was just the right thing to do,
He came back home found a pretty little country girl
to make his wife,
They had three kids and after over 50 years later
she's still the love of his life,
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And now he's livin' proof that nothin' runs like a
deere,
Because one ran him over and they said he wouldn't
make it, but he's still here,
They sure don't make them like they use to
any more,
They really broke the mold when they made
my papa for
sure.
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