Gaucho, way of life

2008

It's the gaucho way
The gaucho life
He'll be up on that horse
Till the day he dies

Cigar in one hand
Head held high
A steady steed
And honorable ride

It's the gaucho way
It's the gaucho life

Out with the cigar
Replaced now by Mate
Sip on the bombilla
The click of hoofs

It's the gaucho way
The gaucho life

Over the pampas
It's the life of the free
Under the blue skies
Or in the shade of the ombu tree

He'll be up on that horse
Till the day he dies.
It's the gaucho way
The gaucho life…..

Straight from the hip:

Grass is always greener: So why do we have that urge as humans to move… to believe that there must be better more luscious pastures elsewhere. Is it due to some build up of our psyche which is never satisfied with what we have, or is it a sub-conscious nomadic past that we have not quite been able to forget? As nomads we followed the sun or our food sources…. More ...

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