American Poetry Classic: Out Where The West Begins

 

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,

Out where the smile dwells a little longer,

That's where the West begins;

Out where the sun is a little brighter,

Where the snows that fall are a trifle whiter,

Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter,

That's where the West begins.

Casuals On The Range

(1909)

Frederic Remington

(1861-1909)

American painter, illustrator

sculptor and writer

Out where the skies are a trifle bluer,

Out where the friendship's a little truer,

That's where the West begins;

Out where a fresher breeze is blowing,

Where there's laughter in every streamlet flowing,

Where there's more of reaping and less of sowing

That's where the West begins.

Out where the world is in the making

Where fewer hearts with despair are aching,

That's where the West begins.

Where there is more of singing and less of sighing,

Where there is more of giving and less of buying,

And a man makes friends, without half trying.

That's where the West begins.

"Out Where The West Begins"
(1910)
Arthur Chapman
(1873-1935)
Newspaper columnist, author
 & cowboy poet