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White Stetsons
by Felix LeRoy Perry

Friday, May 01, 2009
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I picked up my guitar the other night and when I put on my old black Stetson, I discovered sadly it is now a little too tight for me...do our heads grow bigger with age? Anyway thinking about hats I began to reminisce about my youth and all the great westerns we used to watch and each one had a recurring theme...the good guy in the white hat always wins because he does what is right no matter what. If this is still true today can somebody send me a white Stetson for I want to be a good guy. LOL


 

 

 

 

Wish I could find me a white Stetson

Crisp and white and pure

I’d hang up old battered black one

Retire it away forever more

 

I know if I had me that white Stetson

One like Roy Rogers used to wear

I’d gather the grandkids around me

On my front porch rocking chair

 

I’d tell them tales of the old days

Of the way things used to be

If I had me that white Stetson

They’d be all ears listening to me

 

Perhaps I’d get down my old six string

Sing them songs Daniel Boone,

Davy Crockett, and Johnny Yuma

Or tin star sheriffs at high noon

 

You know if I had me a white Stetson

Perhaps I’d get a major movie role

Gene Autray would smile down on me

God bless his immortal soul

 

I think we need more white Stetsons

More John Waynes a ‘ridin tall

Those white Stetsons of our generation

Taught a message to us all….

 

 

 


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Reviewed by Kathleen McDonald 5/14/2009
Yes I agree we need more heros. So much bad in world now that a few heros would be nice. Loved the work Fee.
hugs
kat
Reviewed by Sheila Roy 5/5/2009
I'm afraid I haven't seen any of those movies. Guess they're not my thing...lol. This poem has a sad, longing feel to it. Well penned, Fee!
Sheila
Reviewed by Annabel Sheila 5/5/2009
Loved it Felix! You brought back so many memories of the old west! I agree that we should tell our grandchildren stories of that era. Great job!
Reviewed by Bobbi Duffy 5/4/2009
It was a lot easier to tell the good guys from the bad guys when the good guys wore white hats. But then too, the world didn't used to be so many shades of gray when I was a kid.

Bobbi
Reviewed by Linda Settles 5/4/2009
I greatly enjoyed this poem Fee. Wonderful job. Loved it!


Linda
Reviewed by Michelle Mead 5/3/2009
LOVE this!!!! LOVE LOVE it, the history and meaning behind your words are just my style- excellent :) Michelle
Reviewed by Jackie (Micke) Jinks 5/3/2009
Drats, Fee! I recently gave away my white, and black, Stetsons to a friend's grandson. Woulda been too small for you, 'tho. Great memories in your poem, but you forgot to include Hopalong Cassidy! :o)
Blessings and Love - Micke
Reviewed by Denise Edwards 5/3/2009
A cute sentimental write, Fee.
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan 5/2/2009
i love this and spent much of my youth looking up to those heroes on their horses with their white stetsons--love the write!
Reviewed by Jon Willey 5/2/2009
ah Felix, the symbolism of white Stetsons left a culture that fought for right in several wars -- I just hope that the good guys, continue to win -- you bring back many childhood memories of neighborhood theaters, Saturday matinees and early television -- I very much enjoyed the nostalgia my friend -- peace and love-- Jon Michael
Reviewed by neerja gandhi 5/2/2009
ahhhh...so very wonderful....here a white stetson for you...oh how i'd love to listen to tales ,old tales...they make me feel sooo good..am missing my friend a lot,after your read...he is one of the kind who can relate..ages and ages of tales with no white stetson ...he's an angel...
loved your poem...
Reviewed by Amber Moonstone 5/2/2009
Fee, I love a man with a Big HAT lol Great poem, brought back a lot of memories of days gone by.
Much peace love and light,
Amber "V"
Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader) 5/2/2009
Yes indeed sweet Fee... you certainly should go buy a new white stetson..I bet it would LOOK pretty damn nice on ya..nice writing as always..stay safe and well..Hugsss
Reviewed by Georg Mateos 5/1/2009
Johnny Ringo will have been proud of you my brother.
My stetson was pearl gray for many years until got lost in one of those "here you go to a new location"
I think I looked pretty sharp wearing it...if I did smile.
And your poem, it deserve a high heeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaawwww! ! !

Georg

Reviewed by H Cruz 5/1/2009
The other day I attended a funeral for a friend who's dad past, at the end of the euligy they played "happy trails" it was a touching moment. Those days which many of our fathers grew up in were so much a part of that wild west image, but unfortunately he didn't go with his boots on!
Reviewed by kg cummings 5/1/2009
Well, Fee... you know I love this one! You can ride with Old Buckshot on his new adventure... Coming May 11th to an authors den near you! Yes, those were the days when we had tv with a message, and it was a good one! Again, this is a fine poem.
Your friend, Kathy
Reviewed by Juliet Waldron 5/1/2009
You gonna "Ride Forever" like the Mountie, Fee? Yes, that bad guy black hat business is for the self-dramatizing kids. Time for a white Stetson, definitely! xx
Reviewed by Kate Burnside 5/1/2009
i'm not sure i caught it, cos i never noticed that the good guys all wore white!! stands to reason, though, i guess... over here i associate white stetsons with hen parties, and you'd be right royal welcome at one of those, Pops, I'm sure! :)) It's my biggest regret not having returned from the American southwest with a stetson... means i'll just have to go back sometime! xx
Reviewed by Gwendolyn Thomas Gath 5/1/2009
Bravo, bravo I liked this very much Fee.
Genuine and true blue just like that Stetson hat whit one of course.
Think you would look mighty handsome in a White Stetson and tin star.
Do you really need one? Think that Stetson got you to thinking didn't it?

Wow we do definately need the men in the white stetson's nowadays, smile and take care.

Blessings as always,
Gwendolyn

Reviewed by L. Figgins 5/1/2009
Hell yes! Love this--can hear one of my favorite western actors (forget his name, darn it, the one with the deep voice who narrated 'Ghost Rider and was in all those Louis Lamour films) reciting this! Do heads grow larger with age? Well I think writer's heads do, lol. Speaking of Ghost Rider, now the heroes ride motorcycles and battle demons. You go get that White Stetson, Fee. You'll look great riding off into the sunset...

Lin

P.S. We loved the guys in the white hats but have to admit the guys in black gave us a tingle. Paladon(sp?)wore black but he was a mix of the two. Had a crush on him when I was young...
Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado 5/1/2009
I hope you get that White Stetson you want, Fee; wish I had the money to send you one; probably could find one here in Texas! :) Not a problem there! :) Wonderful write, and I am sure you are a very good guy!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Reviewed by Dawn Anderson 5/1/2009
You know what I'm thinking? A trip to the store is in order to buy yourself a new white hat! Enjoyed this, Fee!
Reviewed by J'nia Fowler 5/1/2009
Very cool write. Head too large? Just more brains I think. You one smart dude! If I ever come across one, I'll be sure to send it on. Big hugs, J'nia
Reviewed by Carolyn Red Bear (The Bear Paw) 5/1/2009
Hi Fee, A man deserving of a white Stetson... feels kind of like a halo, eh?! I remember those old Westerns... and I just recently got my granddaughter hooked on Calamity Jane.... what a hoot, she is trying to write her own version of the movie now, with her as Calamity Jane.... LOL Love it... how good are on the strings?

In Spirit,
Bear
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart 5/1/2009
Go get you one Fee! Loved the song, much enjoyed.
Reviewed by Ed Matlack 5/1/2009
When Rene & I were traveling several years ago, as was our habit, any stores that had horse stuff in it we checked out...well this one place somewhere near Nashville, I think, had a white stetson in a plastic case...the price was like 5,000 dollars...if we ever see one a bit less expensive we will send it north...maybe your hair is getting too long for your hat to fit right...? Just a thought...Ed
Reviewed by Rose Rideout 5/1/2009
I like this one Cuz as it shows the innocence throufgh colour. White always seem so pure. A great write dear and thank you for sharing a little of the past.

Love ya face Cuz XOXOXOXOXO, Rose
Reviewed by Christine Alwin 5/1/2009
This brings a smle to my face! Makes me think back when I was around 19...went on a motorcycle trip to Colorado..saw a hat I liked in Vail...after traveling MANY miles...decided I NEEDED that hat....guess what? I still have it...and it does not fit...lol it is black btw hmmmmm????????
Reviewed by Mr. Ed 5/1/2009
They sure did. My wife and I both have old Stetsons; hers is Black, mine is White!
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