The Rodeo Coach

The Rodeo Coach

"Every afternoon 'durin the 'schoolin year

A group 'o cowboys and cowgirls head on down

To the fairgrounds in the lil 'ole college town

Trucks and trailers parked bumper to bumper

Laughing, and talking about the previous weekend's rodeo and after party

Soon they hear the sound

Of a red Dodge pick up truck pullin into the grounds

Big stock trailer and a couple of dogs

He climbs out 'a whistlin

Climbs aboard his trusted cow pony Wilson

Chattin on his phone a horseback, making rodeo plans

All while hollerin at the kids goofin off by the stands

Now he ain't no ordinary cowboy or hired hand

Nope this man is the head of this here team

Always quick to smile and laugh it seems

He is also one 'heckuva pick up man too

Helpin save a young bull rider when he goes 'a flyin

Whoopin an hollerin an buckin chutes crashin

He tells them rough stock riding boys

"bare down, give him some slack" 

This cowboy sure has the knack

With his guidance and knowledge

This team will make to it the college finals in 'ole Wyomin'

Many years, tears, 'an occasional bronc rides

This man became a legend in time

'Mentorin the young hands

'Bein a father figure to some

All while trainin up his own two young sons

Who knew that the day would come

We'll never forget that day in September

When the Good Lord called him up

To the arena in the sky

Now the kids still git together down at the rodeo grounds every year

And if'n they listen they will hear

The sound of a whistlin man

The words "holy schnikies" and "now that was some wild cowboy stuff right there"

'An the jingle of his spurs as he climbs on down off of his big bay stud

The crashin, the bangin, and the hollerin as he rides out

To help out a rider who's been thrown from a ole bronc or bull

Yes his spirit still lives on in this Eastern Oregon cow town

Through the eyes of the town folks and students new 'an old

Yes this was a man who was a legend in his time

Thanks to his teachin's

It's our time to ride

And we'll see each other again sometime

At the rodeo in the sky









**Dedicated to the late great college rodeo coach Sonny Hansen of Treasure Valley Community College*** thanks for the rides, advice, wisdom, jokes, and life lessons cowboy, we miss you***