Saddletramp
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OK, this is the last one for this year ( cause I don't have all that many christmas poems) so I hope you enjoy it and you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Luke 2: 1-20
We were holding a herd, late in the season, outside of Bethlehem town.
The stars were bright on a cold clear night; the stock was pretty well bedded down.
The town was a-jumpin', people came from all over, they milled like sheep in a pen.
By Roman decree, a census was took, old Quirinius was governor then.
So our camp was a ways from the hustle & bustle, it was peaceful out there in the snow.
Most of us boys was rolled in our beds & in the distance the city lights glowed.
The first guard was circling, singin' to the herd. Their voices were a bass & a treble.
One was a-singin "Green Grow The Lilacs" & the other "A Good Old Rebel."
When all of a sudden the whole sky done lit up & something flew by with a swish.
The nighthawks were yelling "Roll out all you Jaspers. You'd better come quick & see this."
We ran to the herd, it was too bright to see good. Them critters stampeded we feared.
But they were still bedded down & as we looked around…An Angel of God appeared.
He said, "Don't be afraid, I bring you good news, for tonight the Messiah is born!
Great joy for all people. In that town of David, you'll find him there, Christ the Lord.
And then as a sign, in a stable you'll find, this child lying in a manger.
And peace & good will to all men on earth on whom God rests his favor."
Then more angels came and together they sang "Glory to God on high".
And then they were gone and the crew stood alone as we all stared up in the sky.
Well, the boss looked at me and I looked at Jim with a bewildered look on my mug.
Old Slim was a sweatin'. The Kid, he looked spooked & poor Cookie, he swallered his plug.
I said "Run in them horses and rope 'em out quick, cause I don't know about you,
But I'm saddlin' my bronc & heading to town to see if what we heard was true."
Well, we done left our herd and into the night we loped toward them city lights.
Sure enuff we found on the far side of town that barn that held such a sight.
We shuffled in close & took off our hats. We excused ourselves cause we were strangers.
A maid and her husband sat in the glow of a lamp & between them…a babe in a manger.
We knelt in the straw and told what we saw and how it gave us a start.
Bout the Angel we heard & the glory we seen,the mother pondered these things in her heart
Well we hung around and we shared with them folks and the baby we took turns to hold.
We're just men that tend stock, but we felt kind of special, cause we're the first to be told.
And for the rest of my years, I'll remember that night and I'll tell of the things that I seen.
How this cowboy's heart melted when I knelt by that feed box…& met my Savior & King.
By Saddletramp Ó 2000
Luke 2: 1-20
We were holding a herd, late in the season, outside of Bethlehem town.
The stars were bright on a cold clear night; the stock was pretty well bedded down.
The town was a-jumpin', people came from all over, they milled like sheep in a pen.
By Roman decree, a census was took, old Quirinius was governor then.
So our camp was a ways from the hustle & bustle, it was peaceful out there in the snow.
Most of us boys was rolled in our beds & in the distance the city lights glowed.
The first guard was circling, singin' to the herd. Their voices were a bass & a treble.
One was a-singin "Green Grow The Lilacs" & the other "A Good Old Rebel."
When all of a sudden the whole sky done lit up & something flew by with a swish.
The nighthawks were yelling "Roll out all you Jaspers. You'd better come quick & see this."
We ran to the herd, it was too bright to see good. Them critters stampeded we feared.
But they were still bedded down & as we looked around…An Angel of God appeared.
He said, "Don't be afraid, I bring you good news, for tonight the Messiah is born!
Great joy for all people. In that town of David, you'll find him there, Christ the Lord.
And then as a sign, in a stable you'll find, this child lying in a manger.
And peace & good will to all men on earth on whom God rests his favor."
Then more angels came and together they sang "Glory to God on high".
And then they were gone and the crew stood alone as we all stared up in the sky.
Well, the boss looked at me and I looked at Jim with a bewildered look on my mug.
Old Slim was a sweatin'. The Kid, he looked spooked & poor Cookie, he swallered his plug.
I said "Run in them horses and rope 'em out quick, cause I don't know about you,
But I'm saddlin' my bronc & heading to town to see if what we heard was true."
Well, we done left our herd and into the night we loped toward them city lights.
Sure enuff we found on the far side of town that barn that held such a sight.
We shuffled in close & took off our hats. We excused ourselves cause we were strangers.
A maid and her husband sat in the glow of a lamp & between them…a babe in a manger.
We knelt in the straw and told what we saw and how it gave us a start.
Bout the Angel we heard & the glory we seen,the mother pondered these things in her heart
Well we hung around and we shared with them folks and the baby we took turns to hold.
We're just men that tend stock, but we felt kind of special, cause we're the first to be told.
And for the rest of my years, I'll remember that night and I'll tell of the things that I seen.
How this cowboy's heart melted when I knelt by that feed box…& met my Savior & King.
By Saddletramp Ó 2000
