My heroes have always been cowboys;
At the top of the list was the King.
He could ride, he could shoot as he whipped the outlaws
And on top of that he could sing!
He rode on a horse that was everyone's dream
And Trigger was his name;
A gold palomino, swift as could be,
The fastest one in the game.
They don't make 'em like Roy and Dale anymore,
At least not up on the Big Screen.
Today they portray all the cowboys
As ornery, low-down and mean.
Hollywood needs to go back to the day
And make cowboys heroes again.
It's important for roles to be healthy for kids
And help the young boys become men.
[The photo above is one I took yesterday at the Briscoe Museum of Western Art in downtown San Antonio, Texas, of the saddle and bridle of Roy Rogers.]
