Riding Song

Let us ride together, -
Blowing mane and hair,
Careless of the weather,
Miles ahead of care,
Ring of hoof and snaffle,
Swing of waist and hip,
Trotting down the twisted road
With the world let slip.

Let us laugh together, -
Merry as of old
To the creak of leather
And the morning cold.
Break into a canter;
Shout to bank and tree;
Rocking down the waking trail,
Steady hand and knee.

Take the life of cities, -
Here's the life for me.
'Twere a thousand pities
Not to gallop free
So we'll ride together,
Comrade, you and I,
Careless of the weather,
Letting care go by.

- Anonymous

From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp
Lomax, John A. (1919) The Macmillan Company, New York