My Pa Was a Cowboy (with a Degree)

I miss this guy (1939-2021) -- a song in his honor

My Pa Was a Cowboy (with a Degree)
       ** Note: this is a song -- see the YouTube video below! **

Bucking bales in the heat of the noonday sun
Catching muskrats and shooting his gun
My pa grew up into a man
And met my ma and hatched his plan

Hey good lookin’ whatcha got cookin’ 
How’s about cooking something up with me?

Well he rambled & roamed & listened to Hank
Went to college, put money in the bank 
And one day he took her across the state line
For a wedding and a valentine

Hey good lookin’ whatcha got cookin’
How’s about cooking something up with me?

My pa was a cowboy with a degree
And he suffered fools charitably 
And he loved my ma emphatically 
And before too long they had my sister & me

Say hey good lookin’ whatcha got cookin’
How’s about cooking some babies up with me?

Well we all settled down in a dusty old town
With not enough water for anyone to drown 
But plenty of whiskey and drinks all around
& wheat sproutin’ up from the dusty old ground

My pa was a teacher and he toiled and spent
His efforts on people that wouldn’t repent
But he raised me up good & I followed his lead
And rambled and roamed and planted my seed

Hey good lookin’ what’s that you got cookin’
How’s about cooking something up with me?

[click on the YouTube link below to listen to this song; original song with guitar and vocals by Jonathan Potter]