alo-o-o-n-e

Updated: May 1, 2025

The cowboy burst into mournful song as he collected his shavings and laid them upon the coals: "It's little Joe, the wrangler, he'll wrangle never more, His days with the remuda they are o'er; 'Twas a year ago last April when he rode into our camp, Just a little Texas stray, and all alo-o-o-n-e." Alice leaned toward the man in sudden anger: "You've been drinking!" she whispered.

James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx - The Texan: A Story of the Cattle Country