Funeral Poems For Cowboys: "A Cowboy's Last Ride"

A COWBOY'S  LAST RIDE 

Put spurs on the foot of my coffin

Put my comfiest boots on my feet

Put my hat on to face the future down

Then ride out to my final meet

We'll take a last ride together

We'll get dust and tears in our eyes

We'll sleep out in the moonlight

And count our blessings under the skies

We'll share a last swig of whisky

We'll share the last beans from the pot

We'll sing round dying embers

Until my last ride has to stop

Then I'm off to ride god's rodeo

Where I'll tame my new bronc-eo

With Nashville on god's radio

I'll be riding shooting stars

(Yeehaw)

Michael Ashby

(Since creating the last verse some time after the first three, this poem has been renamed in our Funeral Poems book:

'NASHVILLE ON GOD'S RADIO'

Please use the title that resonates strongest with you.)

Country musician(s) and/or singer(s) interested in recording these words please contact Michael through 

esplanadepublishing@gmail.com