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"LONG TO BE IN TEXAS, OR THE OLD PANHANDLE"
Long to sit in the Texas sun, and let the days linger on, drink some moonshine beer I made called SINGLE STAR.
Long to sit on a Texas night, with them lighting bugs flickering bright, and see a cold pale moon high in the sky.
Sometimes it just don’t seem right, what I’m doin’ here with my life, if I had any brains I’d hop a fast train,
So Fort Worth, San Antone, here I come, my feet they’re tired of the road. Going back home to the old Lone Star, gonna dump off some of my load. California, Colorado, and Oklahoma City, they’re not the places for me.
So I’m gonna grab hold of that old panhandle, and cook my breakfast in the early morn. Grab forty winks on an old feather mattress, on the range by an old Longhorn.
People are friendly, and look mighty healthy, when they’re raised on that Texas sunshine.
Grab hold of that old panhandle, and cook my breakfast in the early morn. Grab forty winks on an old feather mattress, on the range by an old Longhorn. Don Livingston (Dr. Cletus Shepard) (c) 1981 Click to Play "Long to Be in Texas" Don Livingston's music of "Long to be in Texas" will be available soon on a CD titled Don Livingston……“TIME MACHINE” through LONGHORN HATTERS. Contact don@longhornhatters.com for information. Cost will be $15.00 plus shipping. Dr Shepard says: "I love this song".
"I SPENT SOME TIME IN HUBBARD TODAY" (c) 2005 By Dr. Cletus Shepard "I spent some time in Hubbard today", listin' to tall tales in a little cafe, Old timers" talkin' 'bout horses and things, of huntin', and cows, and why there's no rain. "I spent some time in Hubbard today", with a long time friend that had come here to stay, In an old house full of stories and lore, old pictures on walls, creaky, wooden floors, History of ranches, of cowboys, and such, stories of cousins, and family with trust, Stayed in a room with ghosts from the past, hoping their presence would some how last. "I spent some time in Hubbard today", was a hundred - an'- eight degrees in the shade, So hot, the ants sought shelter inside, of that glorious wooden house standin' with pride, With a big, white fence encircling the grounds, The Mockin' Birds chirped with their own special sounds, The Elm tree swayed to the rhythm of the breeze, while a yellow jacket flew around with ease. "I spent some time in Hubbard today", only to leave, but this I do pray, That nothin' but good comes at this time, to a warm, friendly house, built in 1909.
*This poem was written for Jean Savage on August 29, 2005 about the wonderful house she owns in Hubbard, Texas that I visited.
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON DOGS By Dr. Cletus Shepard "Hello, My name is Dr. Cletus Shepard, and I'm here today to talk to you about dogs. Dogs are man's best friend, even women's....especially Poodles. Call 'um and they come, feed 'um and they're happy, pet 'um and they lick your face, talk to 'um, and they miraculously understand every word you say when you talk "baby talk". Why whole movies have been based on dogs......"OLE SHEP", "OLE YELLER", "LASSIE", RIN-TIN-TIN", "BULLIT"....even movies like "LADY AND THE TRAMP", and "101 DALMATIONS" were about the escapades of dogs and their life styles and problems!!! Dogs are cute, and can learn how to sit, stay, shake hands, walk up step ladders, fetch, and eat a bone when YOU don't want it anymore. Dogs help the blind, help the police, help the ranchers, and greet you with a waggin'tail, when you come home at night. Even Snoopy is a dog!! Why would anybody want to own a Hamster, when you could own a Chihuahua about the same size that has brains, and doesn't run in circles all day? My name is Dr. Cletus Shepard, and I was here today to talk to you about dogs.
Script by Don Livingston (c) 2001
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