Cattle Ranching and Construction
Grandmotherly advice from MC
Ranching is all about construction
Rebuilding after unexpected destruction
I'm telling you straight, this ain't an assumption
If you want to answer the cattle call
And be in it successfully for the long haul
And roll with the punches and take a fall
Then construction you must embrace
Building with pride not falling in disgrace
And build fences with strength and brace
Build a barn and bull strong corral
Then better listen to me young pal
I ain't your mama but I know how
And all it takes on a ranch with a cow
And that more profit is made with a sow
Or egg-laying feathered cackling fowl
But the romance and lure of the cattle
Has dawn many young men into battle
Thinking ranching was done from the saddle
Our leanin H is hardworking, kind, and nice
But kindly disregard his fatherly advice
Don't marry that rich ranch sugar and spice
She won't be worth a durn working ranch
She will be at the bank withdrawal branch
She will never make a rancher, nary a chance
I ain't your mother, not even your granny
If I was your mama I would swat you on the fanny
For dreaming about cows instead of a nanny
Your mama did listen to Waylon about the cowboy
And did you a favor encouraging the construction toy
So embrace that inherited gift and live life with joy
You see ranching doesn't offer a weekly paycheck
With bennies up the wazoo and time off to heck
No evening relaxing with margaritas on the deck
One has to learn to appreciate the country gifts of life
And ignore all the world's relentless hate, war, and strife
And best ignore H and marry a poor ranch girl for a wife
Find a gal that loves construction and wearing a hardhat
Or maybe a ball cap, a worn flat brim while killing barn rat
One that's sassy and determined with a herd dog and cat
One that can run the swather and all day the hayfield mow
Not one out shopping with the girls and drinking a $5 old Joe
One that can handle a horse or a quad or knead the dough
Now, let's focus on you, you seem to have spunk and drive
Do you have what it takes for a cattle rancher to survive
How long can you tread water and stay alive
So you survive the deluge of disaster the unexpected flood
Just to get buried in a quagmire of bottomless mud
Pumpkin is our new friend and UK ranching bud
And she will tell you how such can suck the boots off your feet
While you are standing opening the gate, I don't mean to repeat
But just make you aware so you don't give up in defeat
Now old Webbie advises considering land that is leased
As a place to get started grazing your beast
Leases are a good ground-level option, to say the least
Jody talks of lots of sheep and all that wool
But since you indicated cows, calves, and a bull
Not wooly or dairy with a proverbial milk stool
I won't talk about the trials and tribulations of fleece
But a cold icy ground and zerks that need grease
The only time you look up and see migrating geese
Dos Arroyos has good advice in his word
About working on a vast cattle ranch with a herd
While your own enterprise for a later date deferred
What location asked old Alaska
Texas, Wyoming, or Nebraska
Where do you plan this fiasca
If cattle ranching was viable for me today
I would be doing it instead of walking the road by the hay
And writing all this nonsense and wasting my day
I am not suggesting you give up in defeat
But rather consider, then rinse and repeat
Then consider again so you land on your feet