Dear Sun Spots: You helped me years ago. wonder if you or readers could find words to end this old western cowboy song.

t went this way: A group of jolly cowboys discussing plans at ease, said one ‘ll tell you something boys if you will listen please, am an old cowpuncher and here ‘m dressed in rags, used to be a tough one and went on great big jags. ‘m going back to Texas once more to see them all, ‘m going back to Texas when the works all done this fall.

Thank you. – No Name, Rumford.

Answer: Sun Spots located the following lyrics on www.cowboylyrics.com for “When the Works All Done This Fall,” performed by Murphey Michael Martin on the album “Cowboy Songs”:

“A group of jolly cowboys discussing plans at ease,

Says one: “‘ll tell you something, if you will listen please;

am an old cowpuncher and here ‘m dressed in rags,

And used to be a tough one and take on great big jags.

“But have got a home, boys, a good one you all know;

Although have not seen it since long, long ago.

‘m going back home, boys, once more to see them all;

Yes, ‘m going to see my mother when the works all done this fall.

“When left home, boys, my mother for me cried,

Begged me not to go, boys, for me she would have died;

My mothers heart is breaking, breaking for me that’s all

And with Gods help ‘ll see her when the works all done this fall.

“That very night this cowboy went out to stand his guard;

The night was dark and cloudy, and storming very hard;

The cattle they got frightened, and rushed in wild stampede,

The cowboy tried to head them, riding at full speed.

“While riding in the darkness so loudly he did shout,

Trying his best to beat them and turn the herd about;

His saddle horse did stumble, and on him did fall;

The poor boy won’t see his mother when the works all done this fall.

“They picked him up so gently and laid him on a bed;

His body was so mangled the boys all thought him dead;

He opened wide his blue eyes and looking all around,

He motioned to his comrades to sit near him on the ground.

“Boys, send my mother my wages, the wages have earned,

For am afraid, boys, my last steer have turned.

am headed for a new range, hear my Master call,

And ‘ll not wee my mother when the works all done this fall.

“Fred, you take my saddle; George you take my bed;

Bill you take my pistol after am dead.

And think upon me kindly when you look upon them all,

For ‘ll not see my mother when the works all done this fall.”

“Charlie was buried at sunrise, no tombstone at his head,

Nothing but a little board, and this is what it said:

“Charlie died at daybreak, he died from a fall,

And he’ll not see his mother when the works all done this fall.”



Dear Sun Spots: The wife and are first time grandparents.

We would like to know if someone could tell us where we could find a toy store that sells toys that are made in the good old USA.

Thank you. – Ron, Auburn.

Answer: n addition to responses from readers, check out the selection at Percy’s Burrow in the Auburn Mall (near JC Penney).

Owner Laurie St. Pierre has had her toys tested for lead, and they all came back clean and safe.

Laurie mentioned that she hopes to have a selection of toys made in the USA before Christmas.

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