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THE COWBOY'S VALENTINE by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS

First Line: AY, MOLL, NOW DON'T YOU 'LLOW TO QUITE
Last Line: THE [VALENTINE SYMBOL] M-I-N-E.
Subject(s): COWBOYS; HOLIDAYS; RANCH LIFE; VALENTINE'S DAY; WEST (U.S.); SOUTHWEST; PACIFIC STATES;

SAY, Moll, now don't you 'llow to quit
A-playin' maverick?
Sech stock should be corralled a bit
An' hev a mark 't 'll stick.

Old Val's a-roundin'-up today
Upon the Sweetheart Range,
'N me a-helpin', so to say,
Though this yere herd is strange

To me —'n yit, ef I c'd rope
Jes @3one@1 to wear my brand
I'd strike f'r Home Ranch on a lope,
The happiest in the land.

Yo' savvy who I'm runnin' so,
Yo' savvy who I be;
Now, can't yo' take that brand — yo' know,—
The [Valentine symbol] M-I-N-E.



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