<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=573134" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Song for Marty (A Tribute to Marty Robbins)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cowboy poet<br>Still sings<br>His storied melodies ‘round a flickering fire<br>On the wide open range<br>Of the midnight sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And sometimes when the stars are out<br>You can hear his lilting voice<br>Carried on the wind…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He tells of roundups long ago<br>Bandits and outlaws<br>Rugged men who tamed the West<br>Places like Tombstone and Laredo<br>And the “west Texas town of El Paso”<br>Where young lovers bid farewell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Farewell to you, old friend.<br>Farewell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We’ll keep some coffee on the stove<br>And a warm place by the fire<br>And when you’re cold and feeling lonesome<br>From a long and dusty ride<br>Take off your boots and rest awhile<br>And sing a song or two.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(Previously published in Horsethief's Journal, Issue 6, Dec 1999)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Laurence+Overmire">Laurence Overmire</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=573134" data-title="Song for Marty (A Tribute to Marty Robbins) de Laurence Overmire" data-description="The cowboy poet Still sings His storied melodies ‘round a flickering fire On the wide open range Of the midnight sky. And sometimes when the stars are out You can hear his lilting voice Carried on the wind… He tells of roundups long ago Band..."></div> </div> </div>

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