Short a Few
 
We're short a few cowboys and cowgirls.
They've been off the screen growing old
in places like Victorville
or Thousand Oaks, I'm told.
 
We hear of them ever so often
being awarded boots of gold.
Cowboys not quite so active
'cause the fans have not been polled.
 
Mostly the studios think they're passe'
but our memories never grow cold
of the voice or the hat or the theme
or the toy, with their name, that we hold.
 
Cowboys in movies still ride some
'cause they haven't broken the mold.
A fresh crop of westerns is good
mixing new hands with some of the old.
 
We're short a few cowboys and cowgirls
but don't let your saddle be sold.
Salute both the past and the present
'cause the west on the screen will not fold
©Steve Dirksen