'The Three Mullet Buckaroos'

"The Three Mullet Buckaroos"




Sitting behind the buckin chutes one summer day

Three young lads

Were discussing broncs, ladies, cattle prices, and the usual things young hands discuss

Flat hats, well worn chaps and those Copenhagen teeth grinnin

They look like the typical day working buckaroo

But somethin is a bit different

You see

Most cowhands have clean cropped shorn hair

Much like the men in the service

The only shaggy haired fellows

Are those professional bull riding fellows

However these young hands

Won't settle for that

Instead underneath those hats

Isn't shorn or close cropped

Nor is it long and shaggy

Rather a bit of both

They claim it makes the cowgirls grin

And the old timers complain

"cut your hair son" they say

But these young buckaroos explain

"It is what they call a mullet"

"Sounds like a damn ole bug"

"No", said one of the boys

"In fact when you were still riding the broncs"

"You probably had one too"

The old timer just shook his head

"These kids", he mumbled

After the boys had rode

A tale was told

Of the three

Mullet headed buckaroos