Newbrassky

[Delmonico]

Delmonico hollors, " I'll be out later ta help ya look fer the buzzards circlin'   I'm sure they've found him by now.  Right now the Overnite Pony Express is late."

As soon as he says that, four iders show up and he has them put the boxes in the barn.

Delmonico and Duke then head out on buzzard patrol.

[Delmonico]

After a while Delmonico decides that since he sees no buzzards, litl rooser either ain't really dead or he drown't in the river.

So he heads back to the ranch and starts building a small shed right outside his office.

[Stoney Pete]

Stoney awakens to the smell of Blueberries.  He comes out to find the FFG on the porch.  He blows her a kiss pours some coffee.   He takes a scone and heads out to the porch.

[Authors note: I is on vacation.  Don't know when or if Stoney will move from this hear porch.  FFG make Dell be nice to him while I'm gone.]

[Delmonico]

Delmonico finishes his tiny shead and starts carryin' square fish bowls to it.

As he carries them he keep a look out fer the buzzards.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico is next seen carrying metal plates and jugs of clear liquid into his shed.   He goes into his office and two small booms that sound like a 32WCF (32-20) ring out.

Delmonico is next seen pushin' wires through two holes in the wall.

[litl rooster]

  As dark swiftly falls lit' rooster spots a buck board
slowly moving along the flats along of the Dismal....It's FFg , I holler out, which spooks the mule and cause's him to jump. I've finally made it back, with time to still fill my cattle contracts.  FFg stops the buckboard and allows me to catch up.

[Delmonico]

Mean while, back at the ranch,  it is now dark, as one nears the ranch a some what strange sight is seen.  The light in the window of Delmoico's office is not a yellow flickering one, but an unflickering whitish one.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother clambers out of the buckboard to hug Litl' Rooster. She helps him transfer over to his horse. They tether the mule to the wagon and head for home. As they near, she draws up short.

"There's a strange light over there. Think the aliens have come back for Delmonico?"

[Delmonico]

Duke is lookin'out the window like someone is comin'.  Delmonico looks over the cylinders and picks one, if folks are comin' home he'll have to get on last one on before the curfew.

Well, when you're down on your luck,
and you ain't got a buck,
in London you're a goner.
Even London Bridge has fallen down,
and moved to Arizona,
now I know why.
And I'll substantiate the rumor that the English sense of humor
is drier than than the Texas sand.
You can put up your dukes, and you can bet your boots
that I'm leavin' just as fast as I can.


I wanna go home with the arma [Am] dillo
Good country music from Ama rillo and Abi lene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever [G]
seen.


Well, it's cold over here, and I swear
I wish they'd turn the heat on.
And where in the world is that English girl
I promised I would meet on the third floor.
And of the whole damn lot, the only friend I've got
is a smoke and a cheap guitar.
My mind keeps roamin', my heart keeps longin'
to be home in a Texas bar.
Chorus


Well, I decided that I'd get my cowboy hat
and go down to Marble Art Station.
'Cause when a Texan fancies, he'll take his chances.
Chances will be taken, that's for sure.
And them Limey eyes, they were eyein' the prize
that some people call manly footwear.
And they said you're from down South,
and when you open your mouth,
you always seem to put your foot there.

Repeat chorus 'til the cows come home

[Delmonico]

Gettin' tired of who ever is coming to get there, Delmonico opens a switch and the strange light goes out.

[Trinity]

Just then a sleepy trinity is heard knocking, no... banging, at his door in his sleeping cap, tapping one foot impatiently.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico opens the door, duke bites Trinity on the leg and Delmonico says, "The Ranch with no Name" is in the Central Time zone, even duke n\knows we were in under the curfew.
Reset yer watch to the right time.

Delmonico gives a raspberry,duke bites the other leg and they shut the door.

[Trinity]

"OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!  You derned dawg!  That weren't mah laig!"

[Delmonico]

Delmonico posts a sign in the kitchen.  "The Ranch with No Name is on Central Time as per the Rail Road Time Tables and because of a stupid time warp we have to have Daylight Savings time."


Any questions can be answered here.     http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/us_tzones.html

Every one set their watch to this time to avoid futher confusion.  Duke is in charge of questions and complaints.

[litl rooster]

Arriving back to the Ranch with no Name, FFG, tells me about Del's music machine and the curfew. To avoid being bit by Duke we quietly unharness Betty and turn the horses and Mule out. FFg flys back to her Cupalo for the night leaving a cloud of sparklling sawdust in her trail. I go back to the barn and prepare for my fall round up. This will last till mid November so I must prepare to head out in 2 days.


tacking a note on the barn door to the others, which reads; If Averell Dalton, the shorter one/Scatter Thumbs returns offering the Gray Mule for Free....I will wire you all occassionaly along the trail.


Author's note> the songs finally stopped in my head, Except the one by that Hiram Williams fella

[Delmonico]

<Hiram Hank Williams     Good man litl rooster glad the buzzards didn't get ya. )

[Delmonico]

With no one home but the FFg takin' a nap, Delmonico decides it ain't curfew time so he gets into his Time warp collection and gets one by someone named Guy Clark.

Well, he was wino, tried and true.
Done about everything there is to do.
He worked on freighters, an' he'd worked in bars.
He worked on farms, an' he'd worked on cars.
It was white port that put that look in his eye,
Grown men get when they need to cry.
We sat down on the curb to rest,
And his head just fell down on his chest.

He says: "Every single day it gets,
"Just a little bit harder to handle and yet. . ."
Then he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered,
And the words just rolled off down the gutter.

Well, he was elevator man in a cheap hotel,
In exchange for the rent on a one room cell.
An' he's old: years beyond his time,
No thanks to the world, and the white port wine.

So he said: "Son." He always called me son.
Said: "Life for you has just begun."
An' then he told me the story I'd heard before
How he fell in love with a Dallas whore.

Now, he could cut through the years to the very night,
When it ended in a whore house fight.
And she turned his last proposal down,
In favor of being a girl about town.

Now it's been seventeen years, right in line,
He ain't been straight in none of the time.
It's too many days of fightin' the weather,
An' too many nights of not being together.
So he died.

Instrumental break.

An' when they went through his personal effects,
In among the stubs from the welfare checks,
Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door,
An' an address in Dallas, and nothin' more.

An' the welfare people provided the priest,
A couple from the mission down the street,
Sang "Amazing Grace", and no one cried,
'Cept some lady in black, way off to the side.

We all left and she's standing there,
A black veil covering her silver hair.
Ol' One-Eyed John said her name was Alice,
An' she used to be a whore in Dallas.

So let him roar, Lord, let him roll.
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul.
Just you let him roll, Lord, let him roar
He always said that heaven
Was just a Dallas whore.

Just you let him roar, Lord, let him roll.
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul.

Duke cries a river of tears.

[Delmonico]

After dark the whitish light shows up in Delmonico's office, unflickering as last night.

[Brazos Bucky Smith]

Fellow, on a mouse colored horse rides up in the dark of night.  Says to his self "hummm, people gettin' bit on the legs and he's wearin' a funny hat!  Not a good time to stop by and say howdy.  Guess I'll mosey over to the nearest river, set up camp, and bath.  Mosey on back during the day and see if I can get some of that good grub!"  Gives his horse a little spur, horse gives a little kick, a buck, and settles into a comfortable lope. "Be back sooner than ol' slim can brand a steer."

Brazos

[Delmonico]

Delmonico hears hoof beats out side, they go on by, but Duke goes and looks out the window and whines like it is a long lost friend.

With Duke a whinin' Delmonico decides to play another whinin' song for him.




See the rain comin' down and the roof won't hold 'er
Lost my job and I feel a little older
Car won't run and our love's grown colder
But maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Oh! the clothes need washin' and the fire won't start
Kids all cryin' and you're breakin' my heart
Whole darn place is fallin' apart
Maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Refrain:
Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get?
( Whoo-whoo ) Boney Fingers - Boney Fing-gers.

Yea! I've been broke as long as I remember
Get a little money and I gotta run and spend 'er
When I try to save it, pretty woman come and take it
Sayin' maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Refrain:

Yea! the grass won't grow and the sun's too hot
The whole darn world is goin' to pot
Might as well like it 'cause you're all that I've got
But, maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Refrain: