Paroles de Purt Nearby S. Omar Barker
Waddie Mitchell
"Purt Near" S. Omar Barker
"Purt Near"
They called him "Purt near Perkins, "
For unless the booger lied,
He'd purt near done most everything that he ever tried.
He'd purt near been a preacher
And he'd purt near roped a bear:
He'd met up with comanches once
And purt near lost his hair.
He'd purt near wed an heiress
Who had money by the keg,
He'd purt near had the measles,
And he'd purt near broke his leg.
He'd purt near been a trail boss,
And accordin to his claim,
He'd purt near shot Bill Hickock---
Which had purt near brought him fame:
He'd purt near rode some broncs,
Upon which no one else had stuck.
In fact he was the feller
Who had purt near drowned the duck!
Now mostly all the cowboys on the lazy SB spread,
They took his talkin with a grin
And let him fight his head.
But one named Tom Maginnis
Sorta told it to him rough.
You're ridin with an outfit now,
Where purt near aint enough.
We tie our lasso ropes to the horn,
An what we catch we hold.
An purt near is one alibi we never do unfold!
In fact, right now I'll tell you
That no word I ever hear
Sounds quite so plain damn useless
As that little pair "Purt Near".
Now thats how ol" Tom Maginnis
Laid it out upon the line,
And like a heap of preachin talk,
It sounded mighty fine.
But one day Tom Maginnis
While a ridin out a lone
He lamed his horse and had
To katch some neighbor nesters roan
To ride back to the ranch on.
But somewhere along the way
A bunch of nesters held him up,
And there was hell to pay!
Tom claimed he had'nt stole the horse...
Just borrowed it to ride.
Them nesters hated cowboys,
And they told him that he lied.
They cussed him for a horse theif
And caught him with the goods.
They set right out to hang him
In a near by patch of woods.
They had poor Tom surrounded,
With guns all fixed to shoot.
It looked like this pore cowboy
Sure had heard his last owl hoot!!
They tied a rope around his neck
And throwed it o'r a limb
And Tom Maginnis purt near knowed
This was the last of him.
Then suddenly a shot rang out
From some where up the hill!
Them nesters dropped the rope an ran
Like most nesters sometimes will
When the bullets start to wizzin.
Tom's heart lept up with hope
To see ol Purt Near Perkins
Ridin' toward him at a lope.
Looks like I purt near
Got here just in time, 'ol Perkins said,
"To see them nesters hang you!"
Toms face got kinder red.
"You purt near did!" he purt near grinned.
"They purt near had me strung!
You're lookin at a cowboy
That has purt near just been hung!
And also one that's changed his mind...
For no word ever said,
Can sound as sweet as "Purt Near"
When a man's been purt near dead!"
InterprèteWaddie Mitchell
LabelThe Orchard
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