The Cowboy preacher was a 'preachin'
-----His round face rumpled and red--
"Now lay those pistols down here boys"
'Cuz we're havin' church in here" he said.
The Texas Lone Star Bar grew quiet
Ok now--we're going to stop and pray
-----"O Lord" said the Cowboy Preacher
Touch this bad bunch of boys today."
They say they don't need a church Lord
But we know that You think they do--
So right now God, I'll give a hunnerd bucks
------And I know all these guys will too!
Lord, you know my horse is fast and furious
And I'm real handy with raw cowboy ropes--
So make these fellas mighty generous, Lord
----As I pass my hat among these Cow-pokes.
Soon the offering was Texas Lone Star history
Cowboys at gunpoint--their best buck did give;
---That's how Pecos City got their church-house
'The Lord taketh away--and the Lord doth give!"
2010 by Douglas Raymond Rose
Member Academy of American Poets
Member Texas State Historical Association
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