| SIDE ARM SWITCH It probably started in old Tennessee, packin' a pistol on the hip, Then it spread to cow country out west and to every trail herd trip. It became a legend, one that don't quit, as our ancestors developed this land And it won the west and gave us the chance to make this great country grand. Then came the farmer, tillin' the soil with machinery to help with their workin' And he needed a wrench in a handy place to fix and repair, that's certain. So they started packin' a six inch plier instead of the handy six gun And trigger fingers now squeezed that tool as they got their days work done. Well then, lo and behold, a new toy showed up and it swept the land in a flash, Even the toddlers got into the act of packin' a phone in their sash. So they forgot the pistol and the plier that hung in their scabbards on belts at their sides And there's more quick draws a day with them phones than all the old gunfights described. "Keep a leg on each side and your mind in the middle and you'll never have to walk home" ©2005 Slim McNaught All Rights Reserved |
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| April / May |
MEDORA!!
Well, here we are, home again. We had a blast at Medora, as usual. When Bill Lowman, founder
and director, started the Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Medora, North Dakota about twenty
years ago, he laid it out as a regional function. It is now the nation's oldest regional cowboy poetry
gathering .
There were some top entertainers there plus a lot of us unknowns, and we sure had fun. After a
person gets to these functions a few times it gets to be like family, and you wind up doin' a lot of
visitin' (which is what I do best). It's a Saturday and Sunday affair, so a feller gets time to see
most folks.
There's not enough room here to name everyone behind the mike, but some of the entertainment
highlights were: Eli Barsi and John A. Cunningham, Bill Wood, Glenn Ohrlin, Elizabeth Ebert,
Ernie Sites, Blanche Evridge, Duane Dickinson, and Jim Lowman. Bill Lowman was emcee both
nights. Excellent entertainment.
There are also a bunch of volunteers that really make this thing happen. I won't remember all
their names but Bill's wife JoAnn, Deb and Jen Dobrowski, Lyle Glass, Sheila Marie, Carolyn
Sime, Helen Ostby, and Dawn Lowman, were some of them. They all put in some long, hard hours
to make this gathering the success that it is. Hats off to all!
All of us open mike people got about five minutes each day to get up on stage and do our recitin'.
There were cowboy poets there from eight states and Canada, accordin' to my mother, she counted
‘em.
One of the poems I recited there was one I wrote at the request of Harry Hutchison at the 2005
Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. He wanted a poem about how we went from packin' six-guns to
carryin' cell phones. I call it SIDEARM SWITCH.
Keep a leg on each side and your mind in the middle and you'll never have to walk home.
©2004 Slim McNaught
Well, here we are, home again. We had a blast at Medora, as usual. When Bill Lowman, founder
and director, started the Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Medora, North Dakota about twenty
years ago, he laid it out as a regional function. It is now the nation's oldest regional cowboy poetry
gathering .
There were some top entertainers there plus a lot of us unknowns, and we sure had fun. After a
person gets to these functions a few times it gets to be like family, and you wind up doin' a lot of
visitin' (which is what I do best). It's a Saturday and Sunday affair, so a feller gets time to see
most folks.
There's not enough room here to name everyone behind the mike, but some of the entertainment
highlights were: Eli Barsi and John A. Cunningham, Bill Wood, Glenn Ohrlin, Elizabeth Ebert,
Ernie Sites, Blanche Evridge, Duane Dickinson, and Jim Lowman. Bill Lowman was emcee both
nights. Excellent entertainment.
There are also a bunch of volunteers that really make this thing happen. I won't remember all
their names but Bill's wife JoAnn, Deb and Jen Dobrowski, Lyle Glass, Sheila Marie, Carolyn
Sime, Helen Ostby, and Dawn Lowman, were some of them. They all put in some long, hard hours
to make this gathering the success that it is. Hats off to all!
All of us open mike people got about five minutes each day to get up on stage and do our recitin'.
There were cowboy poets there from eight states and Canada, accordin' to my mother, she counted
‘em.
One of the poems I recited there was one I wrote at the request of Harry Hutchison at the 2005
Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. He wanted a poem about how we went from packin' six-guns to
carryin' cell phones. I call it SIDEARM SWITCH.
Keep a leg on each side and your mind in the middle and you'll never have to walk home.
©2004 Slim McNaught
