"THOSE OLD COWBOY DAYS"

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JOHNNY MACK BROWN, TIM HOLT AND DURANGO KID---ALL THOSE COWBOY HEROS AND ALL THE THINGS THEY DID---BUCK JONES, BOB STEELE, HOOT GIBSON, AND HOPALONG CASSIDY---THOSE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WESTERNS AND HOW IT USE TO BE---WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MONTE HALE, SUNSET CARSON AND LASH LARUE---ALLAN 'ROCKY' LANE AS RED RYDER AND LITTLE BEAVER TOO---THEY ROUNDED UP THE RUSTLERS AND RODE ON DOWN THE TRAIL---AND LEFT US ALL THRILLED WITH ANOTHER WESTERN TALE---THEY ALL HAD THEIR SIDEKICKS THAT KEPT US ALL AMAZED---SMILEY BURNETTE, FUZZY Q. JONES, AND THAT FUNNY "GABBY" HAYES---A COKE AND A BAG OF POPCORN FOR A DIME AT THE CONCESSION STAND---THEN RUSH BACK TO OUR SEATS AND WATCH 'EM ALL OVER AGAIN---AND SOME COWBOYS WERE SINGERS, REX ALLEN AND EDDIE DEAN---TRIGGER WOULD DANCE AND CHAMPION WOULD PRANCE AS THEY LISTENED TO ROY AND GENE---OH THOSE DAYS, THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS, AT THE COWBOY PICTURE SHOW---WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL OUR HEROS, I HOPE SOMEDAY WE KNOW---WHEN THEY RODE OUT AFTER THE OUTLAWS, VICTORY WOULD NEVER FAIL---THEN TAKE THE GAL AND THEIR TRUSTY PAL, AND RIDE ON DOWN THE TRAIL---AND SOMEDAY SOON WE WILL SEE THEM AGAIN, ALL OUR HEROS THAT WE LOVED---AND HAVE A GRAND REUNION, IN COWBOY HEAVEN ABOVE:-----This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.

"THOSE OLD COUNTRY SONGS"

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE SONGS, THOSE GOOD OLD COUNTRY SONGS---THE ONES BY MARTY ROBBINS, HANK WILLIAMS AND GEORGE JONES---OTHER SINGERS CAME ALONG AND SLOWLY TOOK THEIR PLACE---SAME OLD SONGS, SAME OLD STORY, JUST A DIFFERENR FACE---LETS HOPE OUR RADIO STATIONS, WILL NEVER EVER PART---WITH ALL THOSE SONGS WE HAVE IN OUR MIND, AND CARRY IN OUR HEART---THE COTTON EYED JOE, THE TEXAS TWO STEP, AND THE BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEE WALTZ---AND OTHER SONGS FROM YESTER YEAR, WE HOPE THEY NEVER GET LOST---IT'S A DIFFERENT GENERATION SINGING A DIFFERENT SONG---ANOTHER GROUP OF "HALL OF FAMERS" WAS BOUND TO COME ALONG---SONGS ABOUT LIFE, SONGS OF DYING, HEARTACHE, TEARS AND LOVE---SOME OF THOSE SINGERS GREW OLD WITH AGE, OTHERS WENT ON TO JOIN GOD ABOVE---BUT THE MEMORIES WILL LIVE FOREVER, IN THE MORNING, THE NIGHT AND AT NOON---AND WE CAN ALL BE PROUD WE HAD A FAVORITE COUNTRY TUNE---GLEN CAMPBELL SINGING ONE OF HIS HITS CALLED "GENTLE ON MY MIND"---OR THE GREAT JOHNNY CASH SINGING "I WALK THE LINE"---MICKEY GILLEY'S "BOUQUET OF ROSES", OR TAMMY'S "STAND BY YOUR MAN"---OR A GREAT MERLE HAGGARD FAVORITE, "TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN"---CHARLIE RICH INTRODUCED US TO THE SECRETS "BEHIND CLOSED DOORS"---AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, THERE MUST BE A MILLION MORE---I HOPE WE HEAR THEM AGAIN SOMEDAY, I HOPE WE GET A CHANCE TO---THE ONES THEY PLAYED WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, THE ONES WE USE TO DANCE TO---NEVERTHELESS THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, IN OUR HEARTS THEY WILL ALWAYS RING---THOSE OLD COUNTRY SONGS THAT WE LOVED MOST, THAT OUR HEROS USE TO SING:-----This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.

"THREE LITTLE MACS"

Now you might be asking yourself, what is a MAC? Well I have a grandson named Bryan and recently his wife produced something that doesn't come along very often. You see he owns a business, an electricak company called MAC SUPPLY. And here is the results: IT WAS MARCH 4, 2008, ON A BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY MORN---DESTINED TO BE A DAY IN HISTORY, IDENTICAL TRIPLETS WERE BORN---FIRST CAME REESE EDWARD, ANDREW BROOKS, THEN CADEN JAMES---NO ONE CAN DENY THE FACT, THATS A BEAUTIFUL SET OF NAMES---LIFE IS HOW YOU DREAM IT, AND YOUR DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE---IT'S GOD'S WAY OF REWARDING YOU FOR THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU DO---AND SOON YOU WILL HAVE THEM HOME, AND WATCH THEM START TO GROW---AND WHEN THEY NEED A MOTHERS LOVE, THEY'LL KNOW JUST WHERE TO GO---WE HOPE THEY ALWAYS FOLLOW IN THEIR DADDY'S TRACKS---AND WE HOPE THE WORLD IS READY FOR THREE MORE LITTLE MACS---TO HAVE THEM ALL AT ONCE, WE THINK ITS FINE AND DANDY---BECAUSE THEY ARE BLESSED TO HAVE PARENTS IN THE LIKES OF BRYAN AND MANDY---SO NOW THAT THEY ARE FINALLY HERE, AND ITS ALL BEEN SAID AND DONE---GOD HAS BLESSED THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE???UH TWO???UH THREE:-----This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.

"A PLACE WHERE JESUS HANGS OUT"

NOW THAT I AM GROWING OLD---I VISION I MUST SET MY GOAL---AND START MY CLIMB UP TO THAT MOUNTAIN TOP---IT'S A MOUNTAIN THATS SO HIGH---REACHING FAR BEYOND THE SKY---FOR SOON MY YEARS ON EARTH WILL SURELY STOP---THE LIGHT WILL BRIGHTEN THE BEAM---AND I'LL FULFILL MY DREAM---AND TO COMPLETE MY JOURNEY I WILL HAVE NO DOUBT---FOR WHEN I REACH THAT GATE---I'LL ENTER WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT---INTO A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN, A PLACE WHERE JESUS HANGS OUT---THIS LIFE THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING---I KNOW I'LL BE FORGIVEN---FOR ALL MY SINS AND THINGS THAT I DID WRONG---AND WHEN I REACH THAT PLACE---I'LL VIEW HIS SHINING FACE---AND HE WILL MAKE SURE THE ANGELS SING THE RIGHT SONG---MY LOVED ONES I WILL MEET---OLD FRIENDS I WILL GREET---AND BE AT PEACE AS THE ANGELS SING AND SHOUT---FOR I'LL BE HOME AT LAST---WHERE THE PAST WILL STAY THE PAST---IN A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN, A PLACE WHERE JESUS HANGS OUT:-----

"THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE TEXAS"

NOW POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE AIN'T THE RIVER OF JORDAN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AIN'T THE PROMISE LAND---BUT THERE IS A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS LONE STAR STATE THAT YOU JUST GOTTA UNDERSTAND---WE GROW MESQUITE TREES 100 FT HIGH AND JACKRABBITS BIGGER THAN ANTELOPE---AND COWBOYS STILL LEAD THEIR WIVES AROUND ON THE END OF A RAWHIDE ROPE---WE STILL STACK OUR HAYSTACKS MORE THAN 200 FT HIGH---AND WE RAISE COTTON AND CORN STALKS THAT REACH PLUMB UP TO THE SKY---AND SOMETHING ELSE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE, A WHOLE BUNCH OF 2000 LB HOGS---EAGLES THAT ACTUALLY DELIVER OUR PAYCHECKS AND A WHOLE MESS OF TALKING DOGS---WE GOT COUGARS AND MOUNTAIN LIONS TRAINED TO HERD OUR CATTLE---AND JUST LIKE BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS, WE STILL AIN'T NEVER LOST A BATTLE---AND COWBOYS WHEN THEY GET MARRIED, AT THEIR HOUSE THEY BECOME KING---AND PUT A HORSECOLLAR AROUND HER NECK INSTEAD OF GIVING HER A WEDDING RING---WE STILL TRAVEL BY BUCKBOARD, AND WAGONS, AND ESPECIALLY HORSEBACK---INSTEAD OF BUYING HIGH PRICED GASOLINE, WE CARRY OUR OATS IN A SACK---WE LOAD UP ON SATURDAY. ALL THE KIDS, THE MAWS AND THE PAWS---AND GO GET SUPPLIES FOR A WHOLE DANG MONTH, AND WE STILL GOT HANGING LAWS---SO IF YOU'RE COMING TO TEXAS AND MAYBE TAKE UP HOMESTEAD HERE---MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO BRAND A COW WHILE CHUG-A-LUGGING A LONE STAR BEER---YOU CAN RIDE OUR RANGE AND SING OUR SONGS, WE'LL BE FRIENDS YOU AND ME---BECAUSE OF ALL THE PLACES IN ALL THE WORLD, TEXAS IS THE PLACE TO BE:-----This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.

"THE CROSS THAT HUNG ON THE WALL"

WE ALL HAVE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF THINGS WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP---THE THINGS WE HAD THAT WAS OURS, THAT OLD BICYCLE AND THAT OLD PUP---BUT THERE IS ONE THING I'LL NEVER FORGET, THE ONE THING I'LL ALWAYS RECALL---WAS INSIDE MY MOTHERS BEDROOM, THAT CROSS THAT HUNG ON THE WALL---THAT CROSS REPRESENTED TOGETHERNESS, CAUSE MOM TAUGHT US KIDS ALL TO SHARE---AND WHEN SHE STARED AT THAT CROSS, YOU THOUGHT JESUS HIMSELF WAS THERE---THOSE MEMORIES WERE VERY IMPORTANT, ALTHOUGH THE TIME WAS SMALL---EXCEPT INSIDE MOTHERS BEDROOM WHERE THAT CROSS HUNG ON THE WALL---SHE USE TO SAY "BELIEVE IN THIS CROSS" AND SOME DAY YOU WILL FEEL---THAT YOU ARE ON A JOURNEY TO HEAVEN, WHERE YOU'LL MEET JESUS FOR REAL---AND I KNOW MY MOTHERS UP THERE, BEFORE JESUS SHE IS STANDING TALL---BECAISE INSIDE HER BEDROOM, SHE KEPT THAT CROSS HUNG ON THE WALL.--------This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.

"UNTIL THE END OF TIME"

AT THE END OF A RAINBOW YOU'LL FIND A POT OF GOLD---AT THE END OF A STORY, YOU'LL FIND ITS ALL BEEN TOLD---BUT OUR LOVE HAS A TREASURE AND YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND---I'LL BE TRUE TO MY VOWS UNTIL THE END OF TIME---AT THE END OF A RIVER THE WATER STOPS IT'S FLOW---AT THE END OF A HIGHWAY THERE'S NO PLACE ELSE TO GO---AND WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND YOU ARE ONLY MINE---THEN OUR LOVE GOES ON AND ON UNTIL THE END OF TIME---AT THE END OF A MOVIE THE PLOT HAS BEEN LAID OUT---AT THE END OF OUR LIFETIME THERE WILL NEVER BE A DOUBT---THAT WE SHARED ALL THE MEMORIES AND OUR LOVE DID NOT DECLINE---WE WILL BOTH LOVE EACH OTHER UNTIL THE END OF TIME.-----This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW signing off.

"A FISH CALLED SANTA"

Once upon a time there was a fish, Santa was his name---He never gave any trouble on earth and was put in the fishes "Hall of Fame"---When Joshie first got Santa, he wanted a name that would suit---And so he called him Santa cause he thought that was cute---Santa lived with Nanny and PawPaw and Nanny changed his water religeously on Friday---And fed him and made sure his bowl was always neat and tidy---But after almost three years later in 2008 around May seven---God took Santa away from us to go live in Fishes Heaven---PawPaw buried Santa in his garden with a tombstone marked by his name---We know he is in a better place though it wont be the same---But he sure wont be lonesome for he is swimming in a different place---God put him in the "River of Jordan, with a smile upon his face---So we bid you goodbye Santa, we hate that we had to part---Although your not here anymore, you will always be in Joshie's heart.-------------This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.