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High Chaparral, Revisited   1 comment

Old Tucson High Chaparral-B-W blog framedHigh Chaparral (December 29, 2013) — Image by kenne

I’d saddle up ole Sugarfoot and I’d hit a mountain trail,
And time and place and boredom were no more.
I was Little Joe or Blue, riding the High Chaparral.
There were fights to fight and new worlds to explore.

— from My Heart Beats Free, by Keith Ward

High Chaparral Ranch Set At Old Tucson Studios   6 comments

Old Tucson High Chaparral-B-W blogHigh Chaparral Ranch Set at Old Tucson Studios — Image by kenne

 My Heart Beats Free
by Keith Ward
Oh how I loved them TV shows and the stories I’d read,
About the cowboys and their horses free and brave.
Heroes to us young boys, a rare and special breed.
Taught us how true men should behave.

And I’d dream about someday and I’d dream about the west.
And I’d dream about the man that I would be.
And I felt that man’s heart beating inside a boy’s chest,
And I knew that heart would die if not set free.

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