Ian Tyson - Cowboy Country Music

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This song is about the MC ranch in Oregon:
https://hiwayflyer.com/go-west-young-man/

 

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Ian Tyson - Jaquima To Freno​

Jaquima is a type of bitless bridle. Freno is a type of curb bit.

@Overo Mare & @The Moonshiner, you might like these songs.
https://capriolas.com/jaquima-to-freno-the-history-practice-of-traditional-vaquero-horsemanship/
Jaquima to freno
he's an old vaquero
from another time
hands as fine as the dealers of reno
he's been to the ocean
he's been to the sea
big long tapaderos hangin' both sides of an old visalia tree

Hey mr. vaquero put a handle on my pony for me
teach me the mystery

Jaquima to freno
he's an old amansador
still hangin' on just about gone like the california condor
he been down to the rodear ground seen him on the movie screen
ah but sometimes i think he's like America
only see him in your dreams

Hey mr. vaquero put a handle on my pony for me
teach me the mystery

did they sing all day
did they dance all night
did they ride their spade bit ponies through the golden light
did they find true love was it all a bunch of lies quien sabe, maybe it was paradise

Jaquima to freno
he's an old vaquero
from another time
hands as fine as the dealers of reno
he's been to the ocean
he's been to the sea
big long tapaderos hangin' both sides of an old visalia tree

Hey mr. vaquero put a handle on my pony for me
teach me the mystery


Hey mr. vaquero put a handle on my pony for me
teach me the mystery

did they sing all day
did they dance all night
did they ride their spade bit ponies through the golden light
did they find true love was it all a bunch of lies quien sabe, maybe it was paradise

 

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Non-Pro Song​

Every evening on the interstate
Stop and go traffic he can hardly wait
To turn on the gravel
Leave the downtown core behind
Technology was going to set us free
That ain't the way it turned out to be
A little bit of leisure is
Harder and harder to find
He hits the gravel with some relief
He's older now and it's his belief
He maybe should have been just
A cowboy on the land
Chorus:
So saddle them ponies, open the gate
Gather them cattle 'cause supper can wait
It's the day in the life
Of a non-pro cuttin' horse man
Bridge:
This could be the year he puts it all together
This could be the year he finally gets it right
With a little luck and he don't draw into bad cattle
He'll be riding in the finals
On a Fort Worth Saturday night
(Y'know it's a)
Funny thing about this cuttin' game
A man gets hooked he's never the same
All he wants to do is ride and hunt a cow
So he'd better have an understanding wife
And keep it all together in his business life
If he wants to be cuttin' a couple of years from now
Ah, but there is magic in the horses' feet
In the way they jump and the way they sweep
It's an addiction, not that hard to understand

 

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Ian Tyson - Jaquima To Freno​

Jaquima is a type of bitless bridle. Freno is a type of curb bit.

@Overo Mare & @The Moonshiner, you might like these songs.
https://capriolas.com/jaquima-to-freno-the-history-practice-of-traditional-vaquero-horsemanship/
Jaquima to freno
he's an old vaquero from another time
hands as fine as the dealers of reno he's been to the ocean he's been to the sea big long tapaderos hangin' both sides of an old visalia tree
Hey mr. vaquero put a handle on my pony for me teach me the mystery
Jaquima to freno he's an old amansador still hangin' on just about gone like the california condor he been down to the rodear ground seen him on the movie screen ah but sometimes i think he's like america only see him in your dreams did they sing all day did they dance all night did they ride their spade bit ponies through the golden light did they find true love was it all a bunch of lies quien sabe, maybe it was paradise

Very interesting read! I have always loved using bosals, and of course reining is one of my favorite disciplines... So I am a bit familiar with the tack and of course vaqueros. The history behind it all was awesome to learn that in depth though! Thank you!

ETA: Love the song too!

 

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Ian Tyson - The Gift​

This song is about the well know artist, Charlie Russel

Charles Marion Russell - Wikipedia​

In Old St. Louis over in Missouri,
The mighty Mississippi, well, it rolls and flows.
A son was born to Mary Russell,
And it starts the legend every cowboy knows.
Young Kid Russell was born to wander.
Ever westward he was bound to roam,
Just a kid of sixteen in 1880.
Up in wild Montana he found his home.
God made Montana for the wild man,
For the Piegan and the Sioux and Crow,
Saved His greatest gift for Charlie,
Said, "Get her all down before she goes.
You gotta get her all down,
'Cause she's bound to go."
God hung the stars over Judith Basin.
God put the magic in young Charlie's hands.
And all was seen and all remembered,
Every shining mountain, every longhorn brand.
He could paint the light on horsehide shining,
The great passing herds of the buffalo,
And a cowcamp cold on a rainy morning,
And the twisting wrist of the Houlihan throw.
God made Montana for the wild man,
For the Piegan and the Sioux and Crow,
Saved His greatest gift for Charlie,
Said, "Get her all down before she goes.
You gotta get her all down,
'Cause she's bound to go."
When the Lord called Charlie to his home up yonder,
He said, "Kid Russell, I got a job for you.
You're in charge of sunsets up in old Montana,
'Cause I can't paint them quite as good as you,
And when you're done, we'll go out and have a few,
And Nancy Russell will make sure it's just two."
God made Montana for the wild man,
For the Piegan and the Sioux and Crow,
Saved His greatest gift for Charlie,
Said, "Get her all down before she goes.
You gotta get her all down,
'Cause she's bound to go."

 

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