And one small girl's to blame for it,

Yet I don't fight with shame for it—

Lay on the iron; I'm game for it,

Just roped and tied with roses.

I loped among the wildest band

Of saddle-hatin' winners—

Gay colts that never felt a brand

And scarred old outlaw sinners.

The wind was rein and guide to us;

The world was pasture wide to us