SATURDAY NIGHT

BY H. CLAY DAHLBERG

These old boys know plenty about punchin’ cows, but nothing at all about punchin’ a time clock. Theirs is not a nine to five kind of calling. They work when there’s work to do and they don’t quit ‘til’ it’s done. They also don’t need anyone to tell ‘em’ when Saturday night rolls around. Cowboys can cut loose after a long week’s work whether they get to town, or stay out with the wagon. Fiddle music and sour mash whiskey help smooth off the rough edges of a hard life. Saturday nights were made for celebrating and a cowboy can howl at the moon just like his coyote cousin.

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