The Pinto Horse

I wrote this when I was very young. Nearly 60 years ago. I don't have a copy of it, but I recall word for word and want to make a record of it.

ride the pinto horse

across the pampas plains

ride a steady course

don't pull on those reins

the pinto can see

beyond your plans

you've got to look closely

through your hands

I rode the pinto horse

I was a gaucho plain

unto the very source

of any man's pain

the pinto could see

beyond my plans

I had to look closely

through my hands

tonight the moon is full

in steady force

to light on its way

the pinto horse

the pinto can see

beyond your plans

you've got to see closely

through your hands