Lake Fork Verne - Anti-horse thief association

"A^Any New Bus^Diness? Any Old Business ^AToday?" And so the Annual Meeting ^Eof the Anti-Horse-Thief Ass^Eociation was u^Anderway

I lay in the cool-grassy ^Dshade, under wood ^Awagon As we were in Uncle Grover's timber ^Dtoday With a tin-cup of cold well ^Awater A lad of 10 or ^Eso, to hear what they had to ^Asay

Maybe a report from a n^Deighbor, About suspicious action he had^A seen They would watch for eac^Eh other Protecting their livestock as a^A team

Horses and mules stomp their h^Dooves To shake of the blue tail^A flies Tingling, rattling harness break hot s^Eummer air I watched the moving white clouds in blue, b^Alue sky

After an hour or ^Dtwo, and the talking was^A done We'd get on our ^Ehorses, mules,buggies, or^A wagons Listen to the rain-crow as darkness ^Emoved in And head back the to Lake Fork Home Place ^Aagain