Saddle In The Sky - The Lone Star State

SADDLE IN THE SKY THE THE LONE STAR STATS by J. H. Plenn ILLUSTRATED BY AGNES LIHENBERG MUENCH THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS INDIANAPOLIS NEW YORK THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL Goin back to town to draw my money, Goin back home to see my honey, With my seat in the saddle, And my saddle in the sky, Ill quite punchin cows in the sweet bye-and-bye Coma ti yi youpy, youpy ya, youpy ya, Coma ti yi youpy, youpy ya. The song Poor Boy page 64 from The American Songbag, compiled by Carl Sandburg, is reprinted by permission of Harcourt, Brace and Company. The Streets of Laredo page 91 from Cowboy Lore by Jules Verne Allen is reprinted by per mission of The Naylor Company. Portions of Vesta and Matties Blues first lyric on page 226 from Blues, an Anthology, by W. C. Handy, is reprinted by permission of Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc. CONTENTS BOOK ONE CHAPTER PAGE I CHARRO FIESTA 11 II CURIOS 18 III GRANDERIO 26 IV BACKDROP 38 V ODYSSEY 49 VI Rio GRANDE 75 VII MAGIC VALLEY 96 VIII DOODLEBUG 117 IX SALT SPRAY . . 131 BOOK TWO I PANORAMA 155 II CLOSE-UP ONE 163 III SWING YOUR PARTNER 192 IV CLOSE-UP Two 201 V NlGGERTOWN 223 VI CLOSE-UP THREE 233 VII CHIPPY 257 VIII CLOSE-UP FOUR 263 IX SADDLE IN THE SKY 279 BOOK ONE CHARRO FIESTA IT HAD been snowing when I left New York. Now I was in Brownsville, as far south as I could get and still be in Texas. The windows were open wide, and the air seemed fragrant and spongy, like that of a dew-weighted spring morning. But it was still winter according to the calendar. The month was February. I had with me two suitcases full of notes, an accumulation from years of newspaper work in Texas my own experiences, observations, stories told me by others. This material was to guide me in seeing Texas again in recapturing some of the feeling of a state which is as big as an empire. Brownsvilles Charro Days Fiesta was about to open, celebrating the lore and tradition of the charro, glamorous Mexican rancher-cowboy

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