<p class="tit-song">THE COWMAN'S PRAYER <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page024" name="page024"></SPAN>(p. 024)</span></p>
<p>Now, O Lord, please lend me thine ear,<br/>
The prayer of a cattleman to hear,<br/>
No doubt the prayers may seem strange,<br/>
But I want you to bless our cattle range.</p>
<p>Bless the round-ups year by year,<br/>
And don't forget the growing steer;<br/>
Water the lands with brooks and rills<br/>
For my cattle that roam on a thousand hills.</p>
<p>Prairie fires, won't you please stop?<br/>
Let thunder roll and water drop.<br/>
It frightens me to see the smoke;<br/>
Unless it's stopped, I'll go dead broke.</p>
<p>As you, O Lord, my herd behold,<br/>
It represents a sack of gold;<br/>
I think at least five cents a pound<br/>
Will be the price of beef the year around.</p>
<p>One thing more and then I'm through,—<br/>
Instead of one calf, give my cows two.<br/>
I may pray different from other men<br/>
But I've had my say, and now, Amen.</p>
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