"Going Green The Vaquero Way"
It was a hot August evening down the Northern California way
Folks had been hanging out down at the fairgrounds all day
Watching reata ropings, team branding, and celebrating the ways of the 'ole vaquero
Now that the day was done
A bunch of us were sitting around reliving the day
When I heard one ole boy say "Hey we got Pendelton, who wants a shot?"
Another ole boy said "I'll take one but we ain't got no cups"
"Don't need 'em" the older buckaroo told him
And with that he asked the other guys to hand him their plastic water bottles from supper
With his pocket knife, he cut one in half
"see?" he said
"That there is a shot glass"
The younger fellow said , "Well I'll be goddarned" he said
"That there son, is what the city folks call 'going green'."
"Goin green?" said the younger buckaroo, "ain't that where you drive them electric cars that wouldn't pull a stock trailer if'n they tried?"
"Or usin them low light light bulbs?"
"Well no not really" the older man said
"This is goin green, the vaquero way"
"Many a fellow has been doin it for generations"
"And comes in handy when ya want a shot of Pendelton, don't it?"
"Sure does" the young fellow said
So folks when you think of "going green" don't just think electric toy lookin cars, low light light bulbs, and city folks gettin all excited about that 'warming'
Instead think of a bunch of buckaroos in Northern California country
Sippin Pendelton out of cut up water bottles
While swapping stories of good horses, long rides, wild cattle drives, and the woman of the day.
THAT, folks
Is going 'green'
The Vaquero Way
It was a hot August evening down the Northern California way
Folks had been hanging out down at the fairgrounds all day
Watching reata ropings, team branding, and celebrating the ways of the 'ole vaquero
Now that the day was done
A bunch of us were sitting around reliving the day
When I heard one ole boy say "Hey we got Pendelton, who wants a shot?"
Another ole boy said "I'll take one but we ain't got no cups"
"Don't need 'em" the older buckaroo told him
And with that he asked the other guys to hand him their plastic water bottles from supper
With his pocket knife, he cut one in half
"see?" he said
"That there is a shot glass"
The younger fellow said , "Well I'll be goddarned" he said
"That there son, is what the city folks call 'going green'."
"Goin green?" said the younger buckaroo, "ain't that where you drive them electric cars that wouldn't pull a stock trailer if'n they tried?"
"Or usin them low light light bulbs?"
"Well no not really" the older man said
"This is goin green, the vaquero way"
"Many a fellow has been doin it for generations"
"And comes in handy when ya want a shot of Pendelton, don't it?"
"Sure does" the young fellow said
So folks when you think of "going green" don't just think electric toy lookin cars, low light light bulbs, and city folks gettin all excited about that 'warming'
Instead think of a bunch of buckaroos in Northern California country
Sippin Pendelton out of cut up water bottles
While swapping stories of good horses, long rides, wild cattle drives, and the woman of the day.
THAT, folks
Is going 'green'
The Vaquero Way
©Jenn
Eastman
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