Poetry By
Geoff Peterson
Published on: 7/7/2006
The Ballad of Moses
Now Moses was a cowboy by his heritage and rights but instead of ropin' cattle he wrangled Israelites He started out with cows and sheep a tendin' Father Jethro's herd He done all this for years and years and then one day 'long came the Lord "Moses," says He, "I like the way you handle that big herd of sheep But I's got another job for you, my children they all need yer keep Y'see, they's all down in Egypt land suffrin' under old Pharoh." So He tells Moses to go down and save them, so 'way to Egypt did Moses go Now Pharoh, he was a son of a gun, he liked to drink and cuss and fight But Pharoh liked nothing else more than beatin' Israelites So Moses wrangled with ol' Pharoh, they tossed and fought and tussled And in the end, well, Moses won, and that herd of Israelites he rustled He took that herd away real quick, passed the Red Sea on dry ground But Pharoh's head was awful thick, he chased after them and drowned For forty years, Moses led that herd, they was such and orn'ry lot They bucked and threw him all the time, and he tried but he could not get them to behave like respectful cattle should Couldn't get them to understand that all this drivin' was for their own good God gave him the Ten Commandments, sort of rules for the trail But He took so long those Israelites began to bellyache and wail So they made themselves a calf of gold, cursin' Moses with a frown 'til he got back and crushed it up and made 'em drink it down After that, Moses he was tired, and he told that to the Lord Who in return said, "All right, let Joshua lead that herd." Not long after that they stampeded, somethin' spooked 'em all, I guess And ever since then they've all been roamin' out in the wilderness So the moral of this here story is God's up in Heaven a waitin' Waitin' with that plan of His and He's surely anticipatin' Knows one day He'll see a cowboy and no matter how he swears and fights He'll have to give up his cattle days and go round up Israelites
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