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Although there were surely tall blond cowboys, there were also Black ones and many Indians were Cowboys

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Free Classic and Contemporary Christmas Cowboy Poetry for The Holidays 2 years 25 weeks ago

Wow, I found this great site that has lots of free Christmas cowboy poetry to read!

They even have some for the New Year. I love it! Cowboy poetry is a piece of Americana. It's part of the old and new west. Even if your not a poetry fan per say, it's hard not to get a kick out of cowboy poetry. So, saddle up, and mosey on over and read some of them their cowboy poems, now!