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The Cowboy.
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... Candie Garrett SPEECH 101 Commemorative Speech 03/2004 THE COWBOY "Why does he ride for the money? Why does he rope for short pay? He isn't getting anywhere, and he's losing his share. He sure must be crazy out there." This is an excerpt from a Garth Brooks song called "Rider's Lament." It is a statement that questions the life of a cowboy. The cowboy has a job that is beneath most people's standards. He herds cattle. He brands them, protects them from rustlers, and drives them to their shipping points, but he is so much more than that. He is a loner, hardly ever refined and not the best family man. His chosen occupation is more of a way of life than a job. He may appear haggard to the eye, but he appears wholesome to the heart. The cowboy is a rare breed, wild yet gentle, and uncontained by the barbed wire of the














