Busted Cowboy's Christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE FFFFGHIH JHFHKAFA HFLFMHNH DOPOQHFH| I am a busted cowboy | A |
| And I work upon the range | B |
| In summertime I get some work | C |
| But one thing which seems strange | B |
| As soon as fall work's over | D |
| I get it in the neck | E |
| I get a Christmas present | F |
| Of a neatly written check | E |
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| I come to town to rusticate | F |
| I've no place else to stay | F |
| When winter winds are howling hard | F |
| Because I don't eat hay | F |
| A puncher's life's a picnic | G |
| It is one continual joke | H |
| But there's none more anxious to see spring | I |
| Than the cowboy who is broke | H |
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| The wages that a cowhand earns | J |
| In summer goes like smoke | H |
| And when the snow begins to drift | F |
| You bet your neck he's broke | H |
| You may talk about your holidays | K |
| Your Christmas cheer and joy | A |
| They're all the same to me my friend | F |
| Cash gone I'm a broke cowboy | A |
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| My saddle and my gun in soak | H |
| My spurs I've long since sold | F |
| My rawhide and my quirt are gone | L |
| My chaps no They're too old | F |
| My outfit's gone I can't e'en bum | M |
| A cigarette to smoke | H |
| For no one cares what happens | N |
| To a cowboy who is broke | H |
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| Just where I'll eat my dinner | D |
| This Christmas I don't know | O |
| But you can bet your life I'll have one | P |
| If I get but half a show | O |
| This Christmas holds no charms for me | Q |
| On good things I'll not choke | H |
| Unless I get a big handout | F |
| I'm a cowboy who is broke | H |
D. J. O'malley
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