True, Patrick. Glaring omissions, both.
Bill
On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 at 8:34 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> OK, there’d still be corrals, stampedes,
>
> batwing-doored saloons, robbed banks,
>
> six shooters, main street gunfights.
> thanks Bill but
>
> where's the bar room gals and honky tonk pianos?
> On 06/03/2018 23:56, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > Have no say
> >
> > in whether they want
> >
> > to appear in Westerns.
> >
> >
> > Directors, actors, stuntmen
> >
> > - and women - do.
> >
> > It’s up to them. But horses -
> >
> >
> > Think flooded river crossings,
> >
> > hauling laden wagons,
> >
> > full tilt range riding
> >
> >
> > Up and down mountains
> >
> > of shifting stones. Horses,
> >
> > called to plough on
> >
> >
> > in all weathers,
> >
> > accepting with alacrity,
> >
> > sounds of shootouts,
> >
> >
> > roped into collapsing
> >
> > under cowboy weight,
> >
> > falling from great heights
> >
> >
> > into raging rivers,
> >
> > onto dusty prairies,
> >
> > or snowy plains.
> >
> >
> > Whipped by stage drivers,
> >
> > urged into burning saloons,
> >
> > crashing through windows.
> >
> >
> > But without horses: pals,
> >
> > confidantes, muscled movers,
> >
> > where would your Western be?
> >
> >
> > OK, there’d still be corrals, stampedes,
> >
> > batwing-doored saloons, robbed banks,
> >
> > six shooters, main street gunfights.
> >
> >
> > But somewhere, tension must gallop.
> >
> > Horses, salute them.
> >
> > Hi Ho Silver!
> >
> >
> > bw
>
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