Saturday, March 12, 2016

A Cowboy's Prayer Comments

Rating: 5.0

(Written for Mother)

Oh Lord, I've never lived where churches
grow.
I love creation better as it stood
That day You finished it so long ago
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Charles Badger Clark
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Mark Baxter 09 July 2020

Probably the single most recited piece of cowboy poetry in existence. I've often found a printed copy on the wall of elderly westerners and rarely does a year go by that I don't hear this given at the funeral of an old cowboy by one of his friends. Well worth memorizing.

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Charles Badger Clark

Charles Badger Clark

Albia, Iowa
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